[Webpub] Webpub Digest, Vol 60, Issue 14

[Sands Fish]

On Jan 28, 2009, at 12:22 PM, webpub-request at MIT.EDU wrote:

> Are other people using or planing on using jQuery? Has ayone used  
> the UI plugins? In my office we are using YUI which as mostly worked  
> out pretty well. I wonder how much value there is in using both or  
> if it is better to pick one and stick w/ it...

I am using jQuery for development of some new web applications at the  
libraries and I'm a firm believer in it.  I am particularly using it  
for it's cross-browser support of AJAX functions.  It is a super  
library.

> The other thing I picked up from the demo was Firebug, which I must  
> say is freakin' awesome.

Indispensable.  This will become more compelling the more you discover  
about it.

> One of the
> things we want to do is integrate the YUI test framework into our
> coding, so that our Javascript can be unit-tested.  Does anyone use
> YUI test? If so, what do you think?

I've never even heard of this testing framework, but I'm certainly  
interested to hear more!  JS unit testing is a great idea and not  
often done.


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sands fish
Software Engineer
MIT Libraries
Technology Research & Development
sands at MIT.EDU
E25-131


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