With the rise of Ruby on Rails, the combination of Prototype and Scriptaculous (yes I know I forgot those stupid periods) has become very popular. I downloaded the libraries to use on my php sites and there was just something about them that didn’t fit well with me. They also seemed really bloated. I searched around and found jQuery. This library is simply amazing, small, and effective. I have now converted a few other developers to jQuery. Of course I never am a homer with these things, so if you enjoy using a different library I see no reason to change. In the end they all look the same, users don’t care what goes on under the hood. I think developers often forget that. There are several other javascript/dhtml/ajax libraries out there that have big followings, including Mootools and a few others that slip my mind.
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