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JQuery JS Library

Added by Chuck Crandall, last edited by Chuck Crandall on Sep 08, 2006  (view change)

JQuery

Pros
  • AJAX alternative, AHAH (Asychronous HTML and HTTP)
  • Interface plugins
    • Drag 'n Drop
    • Visual Effects
    • Sortable lists
    • Tooltips
  • Event handling
  • XPath and CSS lookups
  • Clean DOM manipulation
  • Lightbox effect
  • Extremely small filesize (entire library ~50KB)
Cons
  • New toolkit
  • Small community
  • Minimal documentation

Differentiators

Lightweight JS
Drag/Drop, Animation, Sortables
Easy and robust event handling
Simple syntax, small learning curve
XPath and CSS lookups
Simple Ajax functions
New, unproven
Lacking documentation
Simplicity lacks robust features

DEMO: http://www.dojotoolkit.org/
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