Comments on: FB Series: Integrating JS http://www.uebersoftware.com/2009/07/fb-series-integrating-js/ Opinions and thoughts on Software and Technology. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:38:27 +0100 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.uebersoftware.com/2009/07/fb-series-integrating-js/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Ben Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:18:39 +0000 http://www.uebersoftware.com/2009/07/fb-series-integrating-js/#comment-2 After getting down to dirt with JQuery and YUI for a week here a good summary of advantages / disadvantages:<br /><br />jQuery Advantages:<br />- Core has good performance<br />- Simple to learn and use<br />- Small amount of code required to do things<br />- Lots of plug-ins (also a disadvantage)<br /><br />jQuery Disadvantages:<br />- Specific syntax that needs to be learned (although it is pretty simple)<br />- Not a cohesive solution<br />- Lots of plug-ins – Requires a lot of time to choose what you need and most plug-ins a hack-jobs that are not very well supported. There is no consistency in the look and feel of plugins. Not all plugins work properly in different browsers.<br /><br />YUI Advantages:<br />- Complete Cohesive Solution – Just what you need when building serious web applications. Consistency in the look and feel of widgets (They all look and operate the same)<br />- Enterprise backed<br />- Javascript without it’s own syntax<br />- More complete, cohesive examples for each widget<br />- More supporting tools around the framework<br /><br />YUI Disadvantages:<br />- Requires more code to implement functionality<br />- Selector is supposedly slower than jQuery, but then the latest version havn’t been compared<br />- Fewer plug-ins on top of what’s already there After getting down to dirt with JQuery and YUI for a week here a good summary of advantages / disadvantages:

jQuery Advantages:
- Core has good performance
- Simple to learn and use
- Small amount of code required to do things
- Lots of plug-ins (also a disadvantage)

jQuery Disadvantages:
- Specific syntax that needs to be learned (although it is pretty simple)
- Not a cohesive solution
- Lots of plug-ins – Requires a lot of time to choose what you need and most plug-ins a hack-jobs that are not very well supported. There is no consistency in the look and feel of plugins. Not all plugins work properly in different browsers.

YUI Advantages:
- Complete Cohesive Solution – Just what you need when building serious web applications. Consistency in the look and feel of widgets (They all look and operate the same)
- Enterprise backed
- Javascript without it’s own syntax
- More complete, cohesive examples for each widget
- More supporting tools around the framework

YUI Disadvantages:
- Requires more code to implement functionality
- Selector is supposedly slower than jQuery, but then the latest version havn’t been compared
- Fewer plug-ins on top of what’s already there

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