First it was Rob Gonda. Next, Joe Danziger saw the light. Then Dan Switzer joined the fray. Then I find Tony Petruzzi doing some VERY cool stuff.
Now super rock star ColdFusion expert Ben Nadel has joined the growing list of notable CF'ers using jQuery for their Ajax & Javascript needs.
Seriously folks, its a fact that the folks that I've listed are industry respected experts and sharp as a tack. There are plenty of libraries to choose from and they've made a concious decision to use the jQuery in conjunction with ColdFusion for their development efforts. Why? Simple:
- Extremely powerful with full support for CSS 1-3 Selectors and some basic XPath, allowing you do to expressions like: $(“div:not([a.error])”)
- Impressive set of DOM manipulators, allowing you do to expressions like this, without batting an eye: $(“select”).append(““);
- Lightweight (only 19k)
- Amazing user community
- Dedicated project team
- Up-to-Date, consolidated and thorough documentation
- A ton of UI controls and widgets
- Tutorials galore
- Introductory sites for the new jQuery developer
And with Rob Gonda releasing AjaxCFC for jQuery, there's no reason why you shouldn't take a look at this great library.
For more info on jQuery, go here:
jQuery Ajax/Javascript library
jQuery Documentation
jQuery Tutorials
jQuery Plugins/Widgets
jQuery Demos
Learning jQuery Web Resource Center
