Excellent. Thanks for providing that quote. j On Mar 15, 2:49 pm, Felix <felix1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I found this answer(by andrew dupont) in quora to a question about > the prototype library. > > Question was > What must Prototype JS do to become the library of choice?Edit > Once Prototype JS was very popular until jQuery was released and > became very popular. What are the things you feel Prototype JS must do > in order to become the library of choice?. > > Answer by Andrew Dupont. > > I'm the co-maintainer of Prototype. I don't speak for Tobie (my fellow > co-maintainer) or Sam (who created Prototype), but here's what I feel: > > In recent years, Prototype has been starved for development resources. > Unlike jQuery, nobody's working on it full-time; I work on it more > than anyone else, but I've got a full-time job as well. On one hand, > we're genuinely out of new areas to tackle and are looking more toward > a reimagining of the existing API than toward adding large new > features; on the other hand, there's a definite lack of polish, and I > hope to address that in subsequent releases. > > Where would I improve Prototype? Well, let's start with Keith's list. > About half of it is stuff that we've got planned, whether for a 1.X > version or for 2.0 (anything that affects backward-compatibilty must > wait for 2.0). Some of it is being worked on (like the UI library — > I'm building one for script.aculo.us 2.0). Some of it is a matter of > opinion. Keith and I will have to disagree on the "trying to make > JavaScript feel like Ruby" thing; the entire point of Prototype is > that JavaScript and Ruby are so close in philosophy that we can borrow > concepts from Ruby without having them feel tacked-on. > > And some of it, like the plugin ecosystem, is something we'd love to > fix if we had the resources. > > Too often, open-source libraries are pitted against one another as > though they were competitors in a marketplace. I honestly don't care > who has the greatest "market share" — I care only that Prototype has > enough mindshare to keep it viable (so that it can keep improving > through patches, bug reports, and so on). > > So here's my answer: to become the "library of choice," we'd probably > have to change so much about ourselves that we'd be unrecognizable. > I'm not interested in doing that. If that means we're a niche library, > so be it — we'll be a niche library with purpose. But do remember that > the niches themselves are quite large. > > In terms of market share, jQuery "won" because it is genuinely good, > easy to learn, and easy to drop into any environment. But market share > is just one way of measuring impact. The Dojo guys are the revered > badasses of the JavaScript community even though Dojo has never been a > dominant toolkit. Dean Edwards has a statue in the JavaScript pantheon > even though none of his toolkits have seen widespread adoption. It's a > big world and there's room for all of us. > > You can read more about this question > athttp://www.quora.com/What-must-Prototype-JS-do-to-become-the-library-... > > Felix > > On Mar 15, 9:58 pm, greg <g...@reservation-net.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't often post here, but I've been using Prototype extensively for > > the last 6 months. Not a day goes by when I don't say something to > > myself along the lines of "Thank God for Prototype". Perhaps, had I > > started with J-Query, I'd have said the same thing about it - but I > > didn't, and I'd like to continue with Prototype. > > > It could very well be the Prototype developers are: bored, busy, > > broke, out of ideas, or any combination. Maybe instead of just saying > > things like we'd like Prototype to be more popular and do more things > > in less space, and be more relevant, etc, someone should create a wish- > > list page, with a prominent 'Donate Here' button. I don't work for > > free and don't expect others to either. (I just checked and > > Prototype's web page does not have a donate button). > > > Programmers all like a challenge, so if we as users can come up with > > concrete wishes for Prototype then perhaps the developers will take up > > the challenge. > > > And, Thank God for Prototype! > > > On Mar 14, 10:34 pm, Jason <jwestbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I agree and would like to see Prototype start returning to the > > > forefront as the powerful JS library it is
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