expert advice needed - prototype.js vs. x library

Hello,

I’m looking for some expert advice since I’m quite a newbie when it comes to programming.

I realized that a lot of people(programs) are using the prototype.js and honestly, I cannot see why.

Right, prototype has some nice AJAX support but it is lacking a documentation.

I recently came accross cross-browser.com and saw their xlibrary - to me it seems that xlibrary offers a lot more useful dhtml functions and basically only lacks AJAX support - the documentation and examples are excellent.

So, I’m kind of struggling which library to use - prototype or xlibrary - I would appreciate if I could get some qualified input, pros and cons that would help me to make up my mind.

Thank you

I’ve not followed or even looked at xlibrary, but from the pace of development going on at script.aculo.us, I’d say that prototype.js is going to have a lot of great things happeneing in the future.

Check out this link:

http://www.sergiopereira.com/articles/prototype.js.html

Quote from: xwisdom at Sep 01, 2005, 09:27 PM

Check out this link:

http://www.sergiopereira.com/articles/prototype.js.html

I’ve seen it - thank you.

anyway, why don’t you have a look at xlibrary - I think it is providing a lot more useful functions and nice examples too.

X library stuff can be found at:

http://cross-browser.com/toys/