Comments on: Converting from Prototype to jQuery

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:21:48 +0000

someone should make a tool to convert from one library to another….

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:21:48 +0000

someone should make a tool to convert from one library to another….

By: Ruby, Rails, Web2.0 » Blog Archive » Thinking About Switching to jQuery?

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:57:19 +0000

[...] Converting fromPrototype to jQuery – thanks for the find goes to Yury Tsukerman [...]

By: links for 2008-11-18 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog

links for 2008-11-18 « Brent Sordyl’s Blog — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:01:24 +0000

[...] Converting from Prototype to jQuery During the conversion process I found it to be most helpful to load jQuery side by side with Prototype using jQuery’s no-conflict functionality. As I slowly combed through my JavaScript removing Prototype dependencies I would periodically remove Prototype to see if and where I missed any outliers. This also requires you to use the jQuery() syntax as opposed to the traditional $() syntax. In doing so this helps easily identify where Prototype code remains. (tags: jQuery prototype ajax) [...]

By: Coderholic

Coderholic — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:44:41 +0000

Useful guide, thanks. I’ve also written an article on converting Ext to jQuery (http://www.coderholic.com/converting-ext-to-jquery/) – soon we’ll have everyone using jQuery! :)

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:15:50 +0000

I’m not sure your code is coming through properly.

What I meant was I DON’T like using HTML snippets in my JavaScript source to create elements on the fly. I prefer Prototype’s Element approach where things are done more programatically via parameter passing. Perhaps it’s due to my past experience using Prototype?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:48:30 +0000

Sorry, my code example was totally butchered, as it parsed the HTML I included in the example. Should be:

$('This is a DOM element').appendTo('');

By: Nathan

Nathan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:46:53 +0000

Great points, all. I found myself nodding in agreement with all of your initial points, which I found characterized Mootools’s approach, as well.

But re: DOM element creation, I’m not sure I understand your need. I’m sure you know the $() factory method will create as well as select, right? So:

$(‘This is a DOM element”).appendTo(”);

Generates HTML on the fly…

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:03:31 +0000

Interesting, thanks!

By: Anatoli Papirovski

Anatoli Papirovski — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:05:11 +0000

Nice article. Just a quick note. It’s, IMO, easier to do:

if ($(‘#welcome_message’)[0])

which tests whether there’s an element in the array or not and it works when the length is greater than 0. Hasn’t failed me yet and I’ve worked on several major projects using jQuery.