Comments on: jQuery 1.1 is reborn on its first birthday

By: Birthday Supply

Birthday Supply — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:59:51 +0000

Glad to hear this

By: Birthday and Party Lady

Birthday and Party Lady — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:04:31 +0000

Be careful when saying â€œClick on the button that says â€œRunâ€ to see an animation effectâ€. It always worked, but unfortunately after site upgrade, the jquery.com layout on my IE6 is so spoiled that it is impossible to click â€œRunâ€ at all when using normal fonts
Gee I am happy to know that!

By: Josh Giese

Josh Giese — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:48:03 +0000

I have looked at many frameworks and tried all the big name ones. I like jquery the best. I cant wait to see the cool plugins that are going to be developed for this version.

By: Rey Bango

Rey Bango — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:39:02 +0000

@Krzysztof: I just wanted to let you know that the problem you mentioned has been corrected. Thanks for pointing out the issue.

By: Rey Bango

Rey Bango — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:34:06 +0000

@Krzysztof: Great catch. I was using FF and it worked perfectly. I’ll make sure to look into this immediately. Thank you again for the heads up.

By: Krzysztof

Krzysztof — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:19:48 +0000

@Rey Bango,
Be careful when saying “Click on the button that says â€œRunâ€ to see an animation effect”. It always worked, but unfortunately after site upgrade, the jquery.com layout on my IE6 is so spoiled that it is impossible to click “Run” at all when using normal fonts. I have reported the layout problem earlier on nabble, but just recently I’ve realized that Run may refuse to work depending on font size.
I know that it can be an IE6 problem, but users wanting to get accustomed with jQuery may be stunned when such simple “Run” does not work.

By: Rey Bango

Rey Bango — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:50:05 +0000

@Confused: Naw bud, you’re not slow. I think a lot of folks might wonder how any tool can save them time. Its part of the learning process. We typically see two types of folks; the experienced JS/DOM developer that wants to cut down on coding time or the developer thats new to client-side technology and wants to get up to speed VERY quickly, especially using Ajax. jQuery helps both but providing a level of abstraction to the complexities of Javascript and the DOM. Both can be daunting and code intensive and we strive to make it easier (hence our slogan “Write Less, Do More”). So by using a library like jQuery, you’re able to write very complex client-side application logic without having to go into the bowels of JS & the DOM. If you go to the jQuery home page, you can see a small snippet of what I’m referring to: http://jquery.com/. Click on the button that says “Run >>” to see an animation effect that when coded with jQuery is substantially cleaner and easier to write than with straight JS.

Now, I don’t recommend using any library though without understanding JS, CSS & the DOM. Its very important to understand why things happen.

By: Rey Bango

Rey Bango — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:40:26 +0000

@Scott: Not sure about the escaped quotes you’re referring to. Where do you see them? I’d be happy to give you some feedback.

By: Rey Bango

Rey Bango — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:38:55 +0000

@Richard Kimber: Great points Richard and your concern about support is certainly a valid one. The one thing to keep in mind is that you do receive the source code jQuery (and open source projects like it) so you are free to not only inspect it but refactor it to suit your needs. Having worked with corporate clients for some 18 years now, I have seen a change in perspective towards open source. Using open source software in the corporate workplace is becoming more commonplace because of the cost benefits and productivity gains found when using some of these products vs. propietary closed-source systems.

Libraries like jQuery typically provide as much, if not more, cost benefit than their commerical counterparts because of the zero-cost entry point and excellent community-driven support system. Mind you, not all projects are like jQuery. I think we go to great strides to ensure you have PLENTY of support in the form of samples, documentation and a community. So my suggestion is to peruse the resources we as a project provide and see if its viable for your business.

By: Andrea Giammarchi

Andrea Giammarchi — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:56:15 +0000

jquery makes writing javascript code simple and fun!

I think JavaScript is just a fun and simple script language ... however, I think jQuery is a fantastic library (the best ?) too and these improvements make them even greater ;-)

By: r00t

r00t — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:50:39 +0000

jquery makes writing javascript code simple and fun!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:33:39 +0000

I’ve not really looked into jquery before, but are all those escaped quotes necessary? or are they just a wordpress oddity?

By: Richard Kimber

Richard Kimber — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:43:04 +0000

I am one of those who prefers to write his own code from scratch. I can see the time saving and browser compatibility benefits of JavaScript Libraries/Frameworks and I regularly use them as point of reference. I freely admit that I’m not nearly as skilled as some of the people writing these frameworks, so my main argument for writing my own code is as an opportunity to learn. The last statement might sound comical coming from an ASP.NET Developer.

I write my own code in a business environment for a very different reason. I cannot guarantee the quality or the nature of a library/framework without going through every line of code myself. I’m not suggesting that the likes of jQuery and Prototype are writing cleverly disguised viruses for the unsuspecting web developer. I really appreciate all the work that goes into these libraries and am constantly staggered by what they are able to achieve. I just don’t see how I could import any of these libraries into a business critical system without some sort of contract between the library provider and myself. Am I missing something?

By: Iumentum

Iumentum — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:18:11 +0000

Just wondering how developers cant see how much time can be saved using a framework like this. When it should be obvious that you can trim down your codes from 10 to 1 line in many cases. I know alot of developers wanna write there own things from the scratch but in the business world time is money. And with plugins like Interface its deffently easyer and faster to build nice animations and other stuff both fast and easy!!!

By: netsuo

netsuo — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:36:04 +0000

Using a library you don’t have to check for browser compatibility ;)

By: Confused

Confused — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:57:43 +0000

I’ve developed a few intra-net AJAX sites, but can’t for the life of me understand why I would have to use JQuery or something like it. Maybe I’m just slow. Seriously, could someone give me a concrete simple example of how it would save me time in coding? Thanks.

By: The Foo

The Foo — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:16:07 +0000

@Matt

Heh, I was thinking the same, but along the lines of, “wow, they should change the name to PerlScript”. ;-)

By: Matt Oakes

Matt Oakes — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:32:16 +0000

jQuery just keeps getting better and better. Just shows how much can be done with very little code sometimes.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:41:33 +0000

nice comparison table and speed test

By: Daniel Rust

Daniel Rust — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:37:29 +0000

been looking forward to this