Comments on: YUI 3: The goals are lighter, faster, consistent, power, secure

By: richtaur

richtaur — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:27:44 +0000

I hate the terse syntax of jQuery that YUI looks to be adopting. I prefer method names that actually describe what they do. Maintaining code is more important than being able to type it quickly.

By: furf

furf — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:32:42 +0000

Compared to some of the other frameworks like jQuery, MooTools and Prototype, which have taken a youthful, hip, even fun approach to coding but haven’t necessarily reinforced good coding behaviours, YUI has seemed a bit like the college professor father encouraging his children to eat their vegetables, respect their elders, and learn best practices before bending all the rules.

By adding function chaining to its well-structured codebase, YUI is popping his disc of bootlegs and mashups into the CD player of the Prius and proving to the kids that he can be “phat” too. I can’t wait for YUI 4 when he and the Mrs. start making out on the couch with my KISS records on the hi-fi.

(Too much metaphor?)

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:10:33 +0000

MooTools, overall, the best of all of the javascript frameworks. It does the basic fantastically, has ALOT of useful components and best of all has EXTENSIVE documentation
I really can’t work out why it’s usage rates aren’t that high. If you’re not already, do yourself a favor and switch to it.

By: slightlyoff

slightlyoff — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:35:33 +0000

so there’s a CVS repo with nothing in it?

Wake me up with the YUI team actually gets with the whole “open development” thing for real.

By: stevesnz

stevesnz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:30:09 +0000

YUI is, overall, the best of all of the javascript frameworks. It does the basic fantastically, has ALOT of useful components and best of all has EXTENSIVE documentation

I really can’t work out why it’s usage rates aren’t that high. If you’re not already, do yourself a favor and switch to it.

By: eyelidlessness

eyelidlessness — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:00:08 +0000

@Skyzyx:
Can you list some relevant problems with Prototype?

By: Skyzyx

Skyzyx — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:35:42 +0000

As an example, I like to compare Prototype to Steve Jobs. He’s hip, he’s cool, he’s easy to use, but he can’t stand up to getting drilled on technical issues by an engineer.

On the flip-side, YUI has always been like that super-technical geek with absolutely no social skills. Brilliant, sure, but nobody wants to spend time with him because he’s boring and clunky.

YUI 3, however, looks to be a fairly solid cross between the two… like MooTools or jQuery.

By: Aimos

Aimos — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:22:35 +0000

should not every framework in any language should have these goals? :D

By: V1

V1 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:05:12 +0000

Looks great, even for a Spry and Raw javascript junky like me.

By: RodrigoCardoso

RodrigoCardoso — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:54:12 +0000

very interesting… very compact! I would consider use it now that its a “write less, do more” js lib too. :D

By: eferraiuolo

eferraiuolo — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:45:09 +0000

This is awesome. I like to see this type of enhancement the YUI team is adding to the library.

I’m in agreement with their goals for 3.0 and the changes and code they’ve released so far. Hopefully this will be ready the first quarter of 2009, and I’m sure this will boost up YUI’s usage in the wild!