Comments on: Which AJAX library do you use?

By: thebouv

thebouv — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:52:45 +0000

I’ve tried all the others and just find jQuery to be the best overall. I’ve made it the standard in my department.

By: fritz

fritz — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:27:31 +0000

I have used most of them excluding Spry, and JQuery seems to have become the standard, replacing Prototype in the process. If you google for benchmarks on the various libraries, for example http://is.gd/2lpKW , Prototype comes bottom performance wise – meaning it may not be the most future-proof choice.

Personally I quite like MooTools, but if you want to pick a popular, easy to learn, powerful, and efficient library JQuery is the way to go.

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:09:57 +0000

jQuery. Just started learning it after a long period of testing a number of different libraries. Seems like it has the widest adoption of them all. Also, I like the fact that it’s available via Google CDN and has a large following. Finding solutions to problems is fast and easy. The jQuery UI library is relatively new but makes implementing and styling UI component incredibly simple.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:43:14 +0000

Also check out the new BBC Glow which has been influenced by jQuery. Will take some time to mature though. http://www.bbc.co.uk/glow

Personally I prefer the design of Prototype over the others, although some people think it’s evil because it apparently does naughty things to the built in JavaScript types.

By: Doomedlung

Doomedlung — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:42:14 +0000

Prototype / Scriptaculous mainly, some EXT & Cappucino