hello,
nice comparison of these two frameworks. Currently I’m using jQuery to make enhancements to websites, but i’ve just started learning ZEND Framework and it looks like it’s creators prefer Dojo.

Now i see when use which framework, jquery for simple ajax and visual enhancements, and Dojo for complex applications.

Thanks

Sure, it is located on my mercurial repository at http://hg.thadeusb.com/public/.r/Web/py2jquery/summary

I am currently going through a major overhaul and rewrite of the code. Take a look at the examples.txt for usage.

This is designed to be used with web2py, however it theoretically will work with other python frameworks as well.
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thadeus –

would you be willing to share your python library that generates jquery code? it sounds interesting!

cheers,
@rno

So if you wanted to create something that relies heavily on javascript ui, (like a webmail that looks like outlook), use Dojo. If you wanted something to just “enhance” your page to provide “usability” such as star ratings, or ajax suggest or simple one dialogs, use jQuery?

As far as returning javascript, I am learning javascript, and how it interacts with a webserver. To help me get started I wrote the python library that generates the jQuery code, so I could do something such as

return js.dialog(“Title”, “Content”);

that will render the element and include the necessary javascript to turn it into a dialog, all from python.

But perhaps for more advanced application (like my dojo example) there will be no way around learning javascript?
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I have found that it is more difficult to compare JQuery and Dojo (or YUI for that matter). Dojo and YUI, while bloated, have integrated interface elements into their frameworks from the beginning (creating web OSs). JQuery created jquery-ui only a few years ago. That being said, I have always found it easier (and quicker) to develop using JQuery. And their ui is more flexible.

As far as returning Javascript, wouldn’t it be more efficient to return data only. I may be a bit biased. I don’t even like to return html markup. data only.

It seems that you have had a lot of experience developing with different JavaScript frameworks.

What is your favourite?

I am currently using jQuery, however, I am curious to start playing around with Dojo.

I use python for a backend, and I have built a class that generates jQuery code for me (ajax, dialogs, etc..) so that my webserver has a better idea of what is going on on the client side. Since it knows about the javascript variables, and I can return javascript instead of json and have it evaled to manipulate the dom from serverside. This is great since my python backend knows about the jquery variables and html dom structure (web2py helpers)

My question is this, do you think that jQuery or Dojo is more suitable for that kind of application?
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