Oct 08, 2008, 12:24 PM
jQuery and ASP.NET
How is the announcement of jQuery and Microsoft partnership going to affect Coolite? Microsoft will be using jQuery for future ASP.NET development, including ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET AJAX. jQuery will be nicely integrated with Visual Studio with full intellisense and documentation. Microsoft will also release lots of control built using jQuery. This seems like direct competition with Coolite and ExtJS.
I know jQuery and ExtJS are compatible and can be used together, but it's hard to invest in more than one javascript framework, especially if jQuery is the official one supported by Microsoft. IMO, jQuery and ExtJS serve different purposes because jQuery lacks alot of the UI widgets that ExtJS provide. However, as jQuery and its UI library mature, it's a little scary to NOT jump on the jQuery bandwagon.
I know jQuery and ExtJS are compatible and can be used together, but it's hard to invest in more than one javascript framework, especially if jQuery is the official one supported by Microsoft. IMO, jQuery and ExtJS serve different purposes because jQuery lacks alot of the UI widgets that ExtJS provide. However, as jQuery and its UI library mature, it's a little scary to NOT jump on the jQuery bandwagon.