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I'm willing to say that jQuery has changed the face of the JS environment in general.
by jamongkad 18y ago
I'm willing to say that jQuery has changed the face of the JS environment in general.
- hello_moto 18y agoWait until GWT has its breakthrough year.
- simonw 18y agojQuery is designed to work unobtrusively - it's easy to write applications using jQuery that still work with JavaScript disabled. GWT is a JavaScript black-hole. You simply can't create unobtrusive applications with it - your only option is to write two versions of your site, one using regular HTML and another using GWT. Also, some of us prefer writing JavaScript to writing Java. Crazy, I know.
- hello_moto 18y agoNah, I don't think it's crazy to prefer JS over Java. I use Python as a hobby myself.
- ajross 18y agoAmen! I'm not really a web developer by nature. The client environment has always driven me nuts: layer on layer of slightly-incompatible cruft. And giant javascript libraries just make the problem worse, not better. jQuery is like a breath of fresh air. I find it absolutely amazing that a library like this (based on minimalism of all things!) actually got mindshare in the modern world. Bravo!
- misterbwong 18y agoAgreed. I just started using jQuery for a project and I am amazed at how easy it was to learn and implement.