Comments on: Accomplishing Common Tasks Using MooTools, jQuery, and Dojo

By: nathan

nathan — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:08:06 +0000

while i’m originally a jquery nut (and thought ppl who use mootools were nuts), i can’t get over how useful mt’s class implementation is, esp with ajax.

this.myRequest = new Request({…});
// then later in code
this.myRequest.send(data);

perfect.. as far as i can tell, in dojo & jquery it sends the request as you create it, with mt you can set them up and manipulate them later. very helpful imo, esp with ajax apps.

By: CTuLT

CTuLT — Wed, 12 May 2010 22:09:36 +0000

I would like to use all these libraries on a site, but my clients say “This is too slow” or one I really hate, “Why are we hiring a web developer, wouldn’t it be faster, easier and cheaper to do in FRONTPAGE?” All because I use jQuery, Mootools, and Dojo?

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:01:50 +0000

@Alex Crooks: Well, it can be more brain cramp too…

By: Alex Crooks

Alex Crooks — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:15:47 +0000

Nice comparison thanks, good to see using Jquery means less hand cramp ;)

By: Thiago Cavalcanti

Thiago Cavalcanti — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:43:13 +0000

Nicely summarized: don’t rewrite stuff using another library just because you aren’t familiar with its syntax.

Is that it?

By: Cybertoos

Cybertoos — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:48:21 +0000

Thanks David.
In solving many(but not all) cases JQuery has a shorter and simpler approach than any other library,Mootools is the second choice for me in the exceptions.I love both of them.

By: James

James — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:09:30 +0000

@Arian, it would be pointless comparing jQuery to Dojo/Mootools in non-DOM situations because jQuery IS a DOM library… that’s what it does. It doesn’t “add anything to the language.”

By: Arian

Arian — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:24:18 +0000

That might be true, though it would be interesting to see some other basic things other than the DOM ;) Maybe more key differences. Now it may look that they are all the same, just another syntax. Anyway, keep up the good work!

By: David Walsh

David Walsh — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:16:24 +0000

@Arian: I wanted to keep it basic. Your requests could fill a book. :)

By: Arian

Arian — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:11:20 +0000

I agree with @phiggins last sentence.

When people compare js frameworks, they always compare how to modify DOM/Ajax and Animation. But there is much more, mootools has Class, how do Dojo and jQuery do such things. I know jQuery has some jQuery.fn.plugin thing for creating your own plugin, but how does Dojo do that.

And what about things you could do with Arrays/Strings and other native types. What are the differences between the frameworks when working with that.

Long story short: I would like to see some other comparisons than just the DOM, because we’ve seen that already.