Monday, September 24, 2012

JavaScript library poll

JavaScript library poll:
When I spoke at From the Front I was asked what I thought was the worst case of thoughtless copy/pasting I saw going on around the web. My answer: jQuery.

I feel that jQuery, even the mobile version, and in fact all current JavaScript libraries, are too heavy for mobile. I think it’s time for a re-evaluation of the libraries’ good and bad parts. I followed up in this tweet, which caused quite a few reactions.

Before continuing this line of thought I need to know more about the current state of JavaScript libraries. So I created an Urtak, which I’d like to ask you to fill in. (Unfortunately their embed script gives a 409 Conflict response in Chrome Mac, so it doesn’t work there — and I didn’t even know that status code existed.)


JavaScript library poll

The current state of the poll can be viewed here.

Feel free to add other JavaScript libraries — in fact, creating a list of relevant libraries is one of the points of this poll. If you’re missing a library, please include the following questions:

  1. Have you used [library name] at all in the last year?
  2. Do you use [library name] in more than 50% of your projects?
  3. Have you successfully used [library name] in a mobile project targeting at least two platforms?

Unfortunately Urtak now requires you to sign up before adding questions. If you don’t want to do that, leave a comment with the library name and I’ll add the questions for you.


Libraries treated so far:

  • Dojo
  • Ender
  • EnyoJS
  • Ext.js
  • jQuery
  • MooTools
  • Prototype
  • qooxdoo
  • xui.js
  • YUI
  • Zepto

If you have any other good questions, add them to Urtak or in a comment. Note that I have to approve all user-added questions in any case.

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