[TYPO3-ect] Evaluation: Which JS library to recommend?

Ingo Renner ingo at typo3.org
Mon Oct 29 12:42:17 CET 2007


Steffen Kamper wrote:

> i do a lot with extjs - and i don't see the need of using prototype as base, 
> i use extjs standalone.
> Think of heavyness of the libs:
> extjs ~ 450KB
> prototype+scriptacolous ~ 80KB
> Is there any reason to use prototype in this scenario?

yes, extJS is all about nice and usefull widgets. prototype is for the 
lowlevel work and is very powerfull with that. you do not always need 
everything. less is sometimes more.

Ingo


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