Thanks very much for all your comments and links. I'm looking forward to getting stuck into jQuery!
On Jan 12, 7:36 am, Rey Bango <r...@iambright.com> wrote: > Hi Gbot, > > Welcome to the jQuery community. I don't think it's necessary to debate > the merits of the two libs as both provide excellent capabilities. > > What is important, if you want to be successful, is that you clear your > mind of the "Mootools way" while you're trying to learn jQuery. To be > clear, I'm not telling you to drop MooTools. I'm explicitly saying that > jQuery's coding style is different and you need to think in terms of > jQuery during the learning process. > > I would suggest a couple of links: > > http://docs.jquery.com/Main_Pagehttp://learningjquery.comhttp://nettuts.com/articles/web-roundups/jquery-for-absolute-beginner...http://nettuts.com/freebies/cheat-sheets/jquery-cheat-sheet/ > > I'd also suggest getting either books: > > Learning jQuery > jQuery In Action > > Both are by jQuery project team members and are excellent resources. > > The fact that you have worked in another library will actually be good > for you and I anticipate you being able to hit the ground running. The > main thing is to be objective when learning jQuery. One of the biggest > hurdles I see for people coming from other frameworks is that they want > to do things like they did in the other library. > > In terms of effects and controls, I urge you to check out jQuery UI > (http://ui.jquery.com). I think you'll be pleasantly surprised as to > what's available. > > Feel free to ask plenty of questions. We have, IMO, the best community > around and we're here to help. > > Also, ping the #jquery channel on Freenode if you want more immediate > assistance. > > Rey > jQuery Project > > gbot wrote: > > Hi, > > > I've been a fan of Mootools for quite a while now, but I've got a > > project coming up very soon that must be done in jQuery - can anyone > > point me to any tutorials or ideally a cheat sheet that can help me > > learn the differences between Mootools and jQuery? Any info/tuts/blog > > posts on switching from Mootools over to jQuery would be greatly > > appreciated - I need to learn it fast! > > > (of course, I'm going to hammer the jQuery site docs etc and use good > > old google, but I just thought someone here might be able to help me > > out as I'm in a real hurry!) > > > Any assistance appreciated. > > > (I make the following comments without really knowing much about > > jQuery, so I apologise if I'm mis-informed - if anyone feels like > > putting me straight - then please do so) > > > I've been using Mootools for quite a while now, and I feel pretty > > confident coding with it. > > > When I initially evaluated the major js frameworks (over a year ago > > now) it was a very close call for me between Mootools and jQuery. I > > went with Mootools for a number of reasons -- like the modularity of > > the core, smaller file size and faster performance for effects -- > > though I appreciate that things have changed since then and these may > > no longer apply. > > >>From what I can see jQuery looks a little bit more straightforward to > > code, although it seems to me that Mootools does more "out of the box" > > - a lot of stuff I can write in Mootools in a few lines of code (using > > the core) seems to require additional classes or plug ins with jQuery > > - is that a fair statement? > > > There's no doubt jQuery is WAY more widely used and is being more > > actively developed (which counts for a lot, of course), so I'm > > wondering if I should switch permanently. > > > I'm sure this has been debated widely and vigorously, but at the > > current time (i.e. current version of jQuery vs Mootools 1.2.1) - what > > are the main differences between them? Are there any significant > > things that jQuery can't do? > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance and comment.
