[wp-hackers] Re: [wp-svn] javascript in wordpress

Robin Adrianse robin.adr at gmail.com
Wed Jan 9 03:30:31 GMT 2008


It was considered, I believe, but in the end the WordPress development team
decided on jQuery. It's a lot more lightweight, IMO, and it also uses the
chain syntax, which while it may take a bit to get used to, is very, very
convenient.
On Jan 8, 2008 10:22 AM, Alvise Nicoletti <lists at alvisenicoletti.com> wrote:

> Have you never tought to use mootools?
>
> They are "platform"-guaranteed, lightweight, and also w3c is using them:
> http://mootools.net/
>
> Also ajax calls are very easy with mootools.
>
> It would be better for all developers:
> - only one library that everyone can use instead of dozens of functions
> that do the same things
> - no need to worry about the libraries, they are constantly updated and
> always more powerful
> - a lot of graphical amazing possibilities, visit the website for some
> demos.
>
> Alvise Nicoletti
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