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Re: Ask HN: What is the coolest JS library out there?

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The one that makes everyone's lives easier: jQuery. Its not sexy, but it gets the job done for pretty much everyone.

I'd say jQuery is pretty sexy for what it does. That's one of the main (if not the main) reasons it took off.

I was referring to the underlying code in jquery.js and all the hacks required to make it work in most browsers.

You do have a good point though

Re: Ask HN: What is the coolest JS library out there?

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The one that makes everyone's lives easier: jQuery. Its not sexy, but it gets the job done for pretty much everyone.

I did prefer prototype.js in the time of ol'. Never understood why jQuery took over it, sadly.

I think it was because of the lack of documentation. Back then prototype had none and jQuery had a lot. They had a rich site and prototype had a single spartan page.

Re: Ask HN: What is the coolest JS library out there?

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Re: Ask HN: What is the coolest JS library out there?

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The one that makes everyone's lives easier: jQuery. Its not sexy, but it gets the job done for pretty much everyone.

I always preferred to use MooTools http://MooTools net because it felt lighter than jQuery and the code you write is often less-hacky and sexier.
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