Just like to throw in that unlike the other toolkits, jQuery is a unique and expressive language to use for adding your own javascript functionality to webpages with very little coding. It teaches you the DOM structure very well and will hone your CSS/XPath skills. Discovering it was like writing my first Lisp program, except that I ended up doing lots of things with my javascript capabilities.
I think jQuery's strength lies in its ability to target and modify specific DOM elements. Conversely, I think its weakness is that you give up on a lot of its power when using other people's plugins. I believe there are lots of plugins because it is easy for people to create their own functionality, not so much because the community at large is asking for them. Dojo has pre-built widgets you are encouraged to use, Ext even more, and a developer's strength is based in his/her ability to use the existing widgets. As a jQuery programmer, you want to be good at adding the functionalities yourself on the fly as you decide to add them. ----- Original Message ---- From: Michael E. Carluen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:25:43 PM Subject: RE: AJAX Libraries Brook, One thing that I like about jQuery is the growing number of community developed plugins and extensions. It seems like one is added everyday. http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins Also it also good to know that the list of recognizable brands have deployed sites on it. http://docs.jquery.com/Sites_Using_jQuery Finally, it is also good to find reputable CF gurus (or even novice to intermediate to advance CFers) being quite visible in its already active community. As in, don't hesitate to ask anything CF-related. http://www.reybango.com/index.cfm/2007/2/2/Holy-Cow-Anothe-CF-BigWig-Using-t he-jQuery-Ajax-Library Hth you... and good luck on your search and on your decision. Again it'll all just boil down to your personal preference of features you are looking for, as others have indicated. The 3 points I stated above was personally important to me at the time I was deciding. > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 5:57 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: AJAX Libraries > > I would look at such libraries as Yahoos, googles, spry, Dojo to name a > few > before cfajax and mxAjax. > > Even jQuery would be on my list to look at. > > Anyway, its up to you what your looking for. CF8 has intergration into > Yahoo's ajax library yui. > > For one of the best resources for Ajax, visit www.ajaxian.com > > > > > On 6/10/07, Brook Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Does anyone have suggestions on an ajax library? I read that CF8 has an > > integrated AJAX 'gateway', but is that really worth waiting for? There > > most > > be some good AJAX libraries out there. Has anyone had success with > cfajax > > or > > mxAjax? > > > > > > > > Brook > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280593 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
