Chris, you're the man ;-) 2009/1/31 Chris Lewis <chris_le...@bellsouth.net>
> Whether or not one "likes" jQuery or not isn't the point. Tapestry is built > with prototype, and it works. That's the point. Were it built with jQuery, I > would have raised the same question if the suggestion of switching to > prototype had been brought up. It's not my preference that's behind my > resistance, it's the simple pragmatism of "if it ain't broke don't fix it." > On the other hand, the prospect of a pluggable JS framework is interesting > and I'm all for that. That is a feature; an improvement. A wholesale switch > from prototype to jQuery just doesn't seem like time well-spent. > > > Angelo Chen wrote: > >> This will be a good step, like it or not jQuery is one of the most popular >> js >> library out there, in fact I have seen jobs asking for jQuery experience, >> I >> have used jQuery with T5 extensively, and the switch from Prototype to >> jQuery will be a dream come true:):clap:, any time table the jQuery >> enabled >> branch goes public? I'd like to start my next t5 project with that build. >> >> Angelo >> >> >> Howard Lewis Ship wrote: >> >> >>> There's been a lot of discussion on blogs lately about the merits of >>> Prototype vs. jQuery. >>> >>> >>> http://tapestryjava.blogspot.com/2009/01/comparing-prototype-and-jquery.html >>> >>> I've added an issue to JIRA to discuss this. >>> >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAP5-486 >>> >>> Basically, a rewrite of tapestry.js from Prototype to jQuery should >>> insulate most users from the changes. Advanced users who have written >>> their own javascript components may need to add an annotation or a >>> configuration value for compatiblity after upgrading. >>> >>> I may start experimenting with this in a branch. >>> >>> I've noticed that many of the more interesting public sites using >>> Tapestry are already using jQuery as well ... thus this shift >>> represents addresing the core concern of performance (having to >>> download and use just one JavaScript library, not two). >>> >>> -- >>> Howard M. Lewis Ship >>> >>> Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- > http://thegodcode.net > > -- with regards Sven Homburg http://www.chenillekit.org http://tapestry5-components.googlecode.com
