[TYPO3-ect] Future of different AJAX-libs?

[R. van Twisk]

Elmar Hinz wrote:
> Michael Scharkow wrote:
>   
>> The one good (IMHO) thing about prototype is that it adds a lot of
>> convenience to JS functions, like iterating over objects, etc. in a way
>> that is familiar to most programmers. If you need hardcore DOM
>> manipulation, you have to understand JS anyway, even when using xajax.
>>
>>     
>
> I have no doubt that prototype is a powerfull library, else it wouldn't
> be such successfull. But it requires JS knowlage.
>   
yes, but xajax needs that aswell.... No mather how you look at it
you NEED knowledge about any library to work with.
For me I don't understand xajax right now... I just know it does
something 'automagicly', yet xajax cannot help me create and modify
a DOM tree? right?
>   
>> Using protoype would make it *very* easy to keep up with the upstream
>> version because it is essentially one single JS file.
>>
>>     
>
> That is true. No messages about invalid classnames or misseing XCLASS
> footers. I wonder why nobody has published a prototype extension. Maybe
> the license doesn't match?
>
>   
>>> I don't need all this goodies to simply display a menu tree. In this
>>> case performance is the most critical factor. A specially tailored
>>> version of ajax would still be the best solution for such critical tasks.
>>>       
>> Displaying a menu tree does not involve much work with most AJAX libs,
>> and if we include prototype.js in all BE output, it will be cacheable
>> and not cost much performance.
>>
>>     
>
> The point is that I dream of a BE that is so slim, that I don't need to
> turn caching on at all. There are lots of pitfalls if you turn caching
> on during developement.
>
>   

Micheal is talking about caching of the prototype file itself,
not the webpage or created BE.

Ries
> Regards
>
> Elmar
>
>   

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