Please don't discontinue support for jQuery/
I think there are many people who use it

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Dolf Schimmel <dolfschim...@gmail.com>wrote:

> I agree with Benjamin here. Though I think that the Zend_Dojo allows
> for more extensibility than Zendx_Jquery.
>
> However, if we decide to drop ZendX_Jquery (if not, who'll maintain
> it?), I think we at least should write some decent documentation on
> how one should decently implement Js with ZF.
>
> Dolf
> --Freeaqingme
>
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Benjamin Eberlei <kont...@beberlei.de>
> wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > 2 years ago I was pretty sure of the Dojo and jQuery
> components/integration into ZF. I have since changed my mind radically. I do
> maintained the jQuery component but I would suggest to drop it for 2.0 for
> the following reasons:
> >
> > 1. It encourages writing no JS code at all, this will bite you in the ass
> heavily if you find out that you need to customize the jQuery logic.
> > 2. It does not encourage javascript code re-use (jQuery plugins are the
> way to go here)
> > 3. Heavy usage causes technical debt, it becomes impossible to rewrite
> your app using proper jquery/javscript code.
> > 4. The PHP code required to write "ZendX JQuery" code is often more than
> the jQuery required alone.
> >
> > Since only people that don't know javascript "benefit" from this
> extension (in the short run) I suggest to drop it not to encourage people to
> run into the wrong direction by using it (they will thank us later).
> >
> > I won't attempt to rewrite ZendX jQuery for 2.0 and i understand that
> this means it will be dropped automatically. I suggest nobody to take over
> maintenance for the previously discussed arguments.
> >
> > greetings,
> > Benjamin
> >
>



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