Hi,
there are several reasons:
1. It's widely in use and actively developed. Even endorsed by Microsoft.
("Microsoft now fully supports jQuery and distributes it with the ASP.NET
Model-View Controller (MVC) framework. Furthermore, extensions have been
deve..." source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd453033.aspx)
2. It is released much more frequently than Prototype - the fear that we're
using dying js stack is enough to convert..
3. Easier to find help (Bigger community, more books etc.)
4. More advanced
The last part of course is debatable. Strong commitment from big players
make it safe bet.
- Ville
Kalle Korhonen-2 wrote:
>
> I have an older T4 app that I'm going to upgrade to T5. It's not a
> full RIA but nevertheless a fairly fancy, interactive web app with
> drag & drop, ajax file uploads etc. The UI of the app was based on
> Prototype and Dojo 0.4.3 which served me well at the time despite of
> being a bit on the heavy side. I haven't really used JQuery in
> production apps yet but I wouldn't mind switching but if I do, I don't
> want to drag Prototype around with it. There are T5 integration libs
> available both for a newer version of Dojo and for JQuery. It might be
> marginally easier to adjust the existing Javascript for Dojo than
> having to rewrite everything with JQuery but as said, I'm fine with
> the cost. Performance always matters, so load times, execution
> performance, ability to use CDN etc. all matter. I don't mind filing
> an occasional issue, but I don't want to get sucked into seriously
> having to debug and maintain another add-on library so I'd prefer
> something relatively stable even if it didn't have all the latest
> bells and whistles. Of ready-made components, only a good, skinnable,
> customizable and extensible tab component is relevant to me. Now, why
> would I choose JQuery over the other choices? I'd really love to hear
> comments from people who've had experience of multiple Javascript
> libraries and have made a switch to JQuery or perhaps gone the other
> way.
>
> Kalle
>
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