JavaScript frameworks have come a long way and any new developer is not only faced with learning a language but choosing with framework to learn fi...
For further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse
Along with the MooTools, Prototype, and scriptaculous that are mentioned, there was the Dojo Toolkit. Plus many, many roll-your-own libraries. There was a tool that let you merge JS libraries into compressed files, but I don't remember the name now.
don't forget mootools!
Absolutely! I remember thinking it deserved a mention but I started to drift too far from the solace of Super-Brief...
and prototype, and scriptaculous
Nice article, although there's a pretty big gap between the introduction of XMLHttpRequest and jQuery. You're missing PrototypeJS/Scriptaculous and MooTools, both of which were extremely popular.
Thanks for good article but I have question you say "Google released Gmail which is regarded as the first everything-in-the-browser product we know today as Single Page Applications." but we know first XMLHttpRequest created by Microsoft's Outlook Web Access.
My first question where there are (Microsoft) use XMLHttpRequest if there are use XMLHttpRequest for get new emails thans this is mean first Single Page App created by Microsoft?
Somewhat interested!
A very nice overview. Thanks.
Thank you for your feedback, very much appreciated.
A small note on build tools would be nice, there's many to pick from: makefiles, shell scripts, batch scripts, grunt, gulp, cmake, webpack, parcel, bazel
And the big kahuna on the background: wasm
Indeed, undoubtedly worthy of a super-brief history of their own! Thanks Claudio.
the last time i worked with javascript, it was the time where you only add an easy tag in html and begin to code. Today the frameworks for me really hard to learn because of this lots of tools you need to run a easy code (npm, github,in React you need Babel or something, build Tools and so on. its like a IDE the framework itself. The hardness is not the language itself, but to understand these tools and what they do and how they work.</p> <p>My Question is:<br> When was this transformation from easy script tags to so complex structure ? Or at which date it began to be so complex? Has this Transformation a Name in JavaScript Community? Thank you :) </p>
Man, What about YUI and ExtJS some ancient frameworks, I feel a bit old now :'D nostalgic.
That bridge to the mobile platform is very powerful with these frameworks, I wanna mention Axway appcelerator titanium that is now leveraging angularjs, that is said to be production ready by the end of the year, so think of all the angularjs web developer that will be able to develop native crossplateform mobile apps, neat :)
Also related - medium.com/dailyjs/the-deepest-rea...
Where's Prototype? Prototype predates jQuery by a couple of years and it turned the JS scene upside down back in the day before being shunned for all the "don't extend the DOM" thing.
Huge knowldge. Thanks
Thank you, appreciate your feedback.