Comments on: jQuery Release 1.2.6: Performance Improvements and Dimensions Plugin Added to Core

By: FrankThuerigen

FrankThuerigen — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:58:46 +0000

Fantastic job as always… and my most-used plugin is in the core. I love it.

Thx to everybody in the jQ team!

By: robnyman

robnyman — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:57:29 +0000

Ok, that came out wrong. To clarify, what I wanted to say was that if it’s ONLY CSS selector performance you’re after, there are some alternatives in the market, but I do acknowledge and respect that jQuery is much more than that.

By: robnyman

robnyman — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:58:24 +0000

It's an impressive release, and I especially like the Dimension features. However, if it's real performance speed you're after, there are faster alternatives.

By: Nosredna

Nosredna — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:28:05 +0000

matanlurey,

Interesting, I’m just finishing up a huge finance and statistics Ajax app in jQuery. I just used JavaScript’s built-in Prototype Inheritance.

I ended up with an array of objects. Worked fine.

But then again, I always preferred C to C++ and Java.

By: matanlurey

matanlurey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:21:18 +0000

@Nosredna

I understand that, the lack of OOP while coding makes simple operations and pages quick and easy, but I’m way too scared to write a full fledged Ajax application in jQuery (Where I’d rather turn to GWT, Qooxdoo, or Dojo)

By: Jigs

Jigs — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:25:03 +0000

I have been waiting for the Dimensions plugin to be included! Nice :)

By: jdalton

jdalton — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:06:09 +0000

Apparently Classy Query was intended as an April Fools joke.
But the code should still work and it allows you to create classes n things, if that is what you are wanting.

-JDD

By: jdalton

jdalton — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:50:17 +0000

Great job guys !

@matanlury – Here is a link to CLassy Query written by John Resig. Should be just what you are looking for.
http://ejohn.org/blog/classy-query/

-JDD

By: Nosredna

Nosredna — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:38:10 +0000

matanlury,

A lot of people have asked for inheritance helpers, but John Resig has decided (and stated more thaan once) that jQuery encourages a different way of programming and the class stuff isn’t needed.

There’s LowPro for jQuery, or you can use Base or Base2 or JS.Class or any other standalone class stuff if you want it.

By: ilazarte

ilazarte — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:20:19 +0000

just in time for my project :)

By: JoeMcCann

JoeMcCann — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:03:08 +0000

Wow…103% improvement in event handling. That’s incredible. Well done.

http://www.subprint.com

By: matanlurey

matanlurey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:33:38 +0000

This is some great news for the best (imho) lightweight library around. I’d like to see jQuery include some inheritance helpers (similar to prototype, or better yet, qooxdoo) and it would be unstoppable!

By: zero0x

zero0x — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:12:48 +0000

woohooo that’s wonderful!

By: doublerebel

doublerebel — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:07:10 +0000

jQuery team is unstoppable! Big improvements in the top functions — now I’ll have to update my libs. Great job again guys!