Andrew, I'm in the fortunate position of being part of both the Ext and jQuery project teams. First, let me say that jQuery is in no way a "Hyundai Excel". A better analogy would be to day that its like comparing a "Ferrari (jQuery) to a Mercedes-Benz CL 600 (Ext)". Both provide a tremendous amount of functionality and both target different audiences.
jQuery is a very streamlined library which is best suited for consumer-facing websites that want to enhance the UX with Ajax & effects. Its fast and sporty and helps you get what you need quickly; just like a Ferrari. Ext can certainly be used for consumer-facing websites but what we've seen is that most users, because of its rich UI control set, tend to use it to build full blown desktop-like applications. Its got speed and a hole lotta bells and whistles which make building desktop-like apps a breeze. If you want high-end luxury and performance, like a Mercedes-Benz CL 600, then you use Ext v1.1. So what I ask is that you not be so quick to dismiss jQuery especially since companies Digg, MSNBC, Intel, Intuit, & Salesforce.com (HUGE ERP) seem to be doing quite well with it. If you ask me which one I prefer, I would tell you that for consumer facing sites, I prefer the leanness of jQuery but for a true desktop experience, I prefer Ext. And yes, I work with both libraries and love them both. Both libraries are incredibly robust and cater to different segments. On a final note, you really should ease up on calling someone "stupid". While you may not agree with someone else's opinion (and you're certainly not expected to), I think your last post was a little over the top. Rey... Andrew Scott wrote: > And thats nothing compared to a extJS web application I have written. > > You have to realise that these files do things that are more than what > jQuery offer, extJS is a fairly good framework and can be used with jQuery > but once you start building JS / Ajx stuff for an application then you will > be surprised how quickly these files add up. > > I think you should take your head out of the sand, before you get blinded by > your own stupidty. > > Seriously. Why are you bothering, you obviously haven't done anything > serious with Ajax / GUI development as of yet. If you had this sort of > comment from you would not have appeared. > > Now to make a comparison against CF8 and jQuery is like making a comparison > with a Hyundai Excel and a Jaguar..... > > Btw I might pick myself of the floor from laughing so hard at you in about 1 > week, but it might actually be 3 weeks before I get over this stupid email > from you. > > > > On 8/29/07, stylo stylo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Here's the breakdown if interested, btw, just realized the web developer >> toolbar brings it all up nicely: >> >> Scripts (8 files) >> http://code.fraser.id.au/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/ext/ext-core.js 76 KB >> http://code.fraser.id.au/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/package/cfajax.js 34 KB >> >> http://code.fraser.id.au/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/yui/yahoo-dom-event/yahoo-dom-event.js >> 28 >> KB >> http://code.fraser.id.au/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/messages/cfmessage.js 15 >> KB >> http://code.fraser.id.au/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/yui/animation/animation-min.js >> 15 >> KB >> >> http://code.fraser.id.au/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/ext/adapter/yui/ext-yui-adapter.js >> 10 >> KB >> http://code.fraser.id.au/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/ext/package/tabs/tabs.js 10 >> KB >> http://code.fraser.id.au/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/package/cflayout.js 9 KB >> >> Style Sheets (1 file) 61 KB >> http://code.fraser.id.au/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/resources/ext/css/ext-all.css >> 61 KB >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:287370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
