It doesn't wrap and extend dom elements, just finds them, so there's no $(this) etc just to be sure all your objects behave the same way, no .attr('id') to get attributes etc. It also has a nicer syntax I think, like the idea of doing HTML.body.ul.li.a So it looks interesting, though I wish they had included Ajax.
This doesn't do everything jquery does, and is not intended as a drop-in replacement, more as a different way of doing things which is simpler, smaller and more intuitive.
yes, he has. as has substack. basically everything.
but part of the reason they are so prolific is that they focus on very small, single use modules that do one thing well. So they have hundreds of repos, but many of them are 10 - 15 lines of code.
That may be one reason, but the guy's responsible for Express, Jade, Mocha, Commander, and many others. I honestly thought visionmedia was a company until a few months ago.
The node-inspired `http-browserify` is my favorite; really nice, sane syntax for doing ajax requests that you can mix with client-side streams and transforms to do really advanced things with code that is clear and readable. Of course you have to use browserify to use it, but it's worth looking into.
"Not so much. This doesn't wrap or hide the DOM for you. It exposes and enhances it, making it your ally instead of trying to protect you from it. Old IE versions are fading; it's time to go native!"
This seems like a pretty poetic way of describing differences between software packages. And I mean that in a non-charming way.
I red the faq... didn't really answer my question... from the examples I saw, there was nothing there that ouldn't be achieved with JQ...which is why I brought it here...thought maybe I was missing something.
Well... everything could be achieved with JQ. Usually with 1 line of code. But that library is 2.7k and you're working directly with the DOM elements and not with wrappers. So I guess it could come handy for smaller projects where you wouldn't need the full JQ power and 10 JQ widgets.
