jQuery vs. Prototype
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007The two biggest JavaScript frameworks in use are jQuery and Prototype. Until recently, I used Prototype a bit. After having to use jQuery for a recent project, I’ve actually started to enjoy using it. It’s easy to use, and it’s lightweight. I’m probably going to re-code a bunch of things over at NTugo so I can use jQuery there instead of Prototype. It’s a lot better.
Enough of my personal experiences, here are the hard facts:
jQuery
File Size: 21KB
Code Required to Toggle a DIV:
<script type="text/javascript"> (more…)
$('#mydivtrigger').click(function() {
$('#mydiv').toggle(400);
return false;
});
</script>
<a href="#" id="mydivtrigger">Toggle!</a>
<div id="mydiv">
Lorem ipsum.
</div>
