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:
- Have you used [library name] at all in the last year?
- Do you use [library name] in more than 50% of your projects?
- 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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