I've been learning Prototype, just because I'm working on code that already uses it.
Anyone have a Cliff's notes of the key differences between jQuery and Prototype?
Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)
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#52Oh, the melodrama. Well, I love it. Sure, the "rock star" thing is a little edgy and not to everyone's taste, but with the comments here, you'd think the design were truly bad. It's not. It's worthwhile to distinguish between designs that are not to your aesthetic and designs that are poorly executed.
It's not edgy, it's already old and stale.
"It's not edgy, it's already old and stale."
Thank you. "Rock star" and "guru" make me think of the clueless IT recruiter who's looking for people with JAVA and PERL skills or 10 years of Rails.
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#53I've been touring the world lately, doing huge amounts of drugs, destroying hotel rooms, having sex with random hordes of hot women, and making giant piles of money. Given that lifestyle description, I think it's pretty obvious what I do for a living, but in case you're still wondering: I'm a JavaScript Rockstar. And yes, I use jQuery. Excuse me, I have to go have more sex.
I just drink Rockstar(tm) energy drink. And wonder why the fuck my JS doesn't work on IE 6.
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#54They seem to have removed the banner.
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#55Rockstars and Ninjas need to die.
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#56on the front page, press
up up down down left right left right b a
nice
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#57The worst part is the docs, they've become significantly less readable, and the content doesn't start until much farther down the page.
Agreed! Their "blue phase" is painful.
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#58As long as the library is solid, the docs are complete and the tutorials and demos are great, it doesn't really matter what the site looks like.
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#59I love to play with JS and greasemonkey, and etc.. but sometimes it seems it's an underrated language