http://www.amcomtech.net/client/index.cfm Tech Tips from the Trenches en-us Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:06:53 -0700 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:57:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss admin@amcomtech.net admin@amcomtech.net http://www.amcomtech.net/client/index.cfm/2008/10/29/AJAXJS-Framwork-Showdown--jQuery-vs-Spry <p>In an ongoing effort to put together our development standards at Amcom, we're currently researching AJAX/JS frameworks. The choices have been essentially narrowed down to <a href="http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/spry/home.html">Spry</a> or <a href="http://jquery.com/">jQuery</a>.</p> <p>I haven't done a considerable amount of work with either, but my personal preference leans towards jQuery. I'm more familiar with it than Spry (while I haven't really gotten my hands too dirty with it, I've used a number of jQuery plugins), and being someone who likes JavaScript I'm comfortable with the syntax.</p> <p>The boss, however, being a big Flex guy, really gravitates towards the Spry syntax, as it's more familiar to him. The boss, being a fair and noble kind of boss (yes, he reads the blog), told me to go out and do an objective analysis of the two and see if one comes out significantly ahead of the other.</p> <p>I built a few demo apps using each (<a href="http://amcomtech.net/labs/ajaxframeworks/">http://amcomtech.net/labs/ajaxframeworks/</a>) and from a technical perspective I have to admit, it's still kind of a tie.</p> [More] jQuery Tools of the Trade Spry ColdFusion Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:57:00 -0700 http://www.amcomtech.net/client/index.cfm/2008/10/29/AJAXJS-Framwork-Showdown--jQuery-vs-Spry