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G4HDU

Sep 02 2010, 02:51AM

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Has anybody integrated the Yahoo YUI [-link-] into e107? In particular I was looking at yui 2 as this currently has the greatest number of tools that I want to integrate with some of my plugins (eg the tree control and tab control)

I'd be interested in any feedback people have of their experience with it in general or with e107 in particular.

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aSeptik

Sep 09 2010, 06:34PM

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hi Barry!

i guess the yui lib should work in e107 like a charm, as every js lib around there!

i have used it, not all the widget they provide, of course, i can say that is very powerfull but it loose in readability and time to write code! i'm personally a fan of jQuery where, for example, a normal click event require in

//YUI 2 :

YAHOO.util.Event.addListener("#foo", "click", function() { alert('hello world!') } );

//YUI 3: 

YUI().use('node-base', function(Y) { Y.on("click", function(e) { alert("Hello World!") }, "#foo"); }); 

//jQuery:

$(function() { $('#foo').click( function() { alert("Hello World!") }); });

considering that this codes include also the dom ready check!

obviuosly YUI it's still a very good js lib plenty of utilities and widgets ready to use!

the only thing IMHO you should take care, is not to use a great resource in term of js loaded, more widgets require more KB, where for a normal tabs few line of js are needed and for a tree view same thing!

an example could be this select box replacement ipod style http://jsbin.com/ufuga/3 i made with 65 line of code (jquery), it can be similar to a file tree view!

hope this help a little!

good job!

[ Edited Sep 09 2010, 06:41PM ]

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G4HDU

Sep 11 2010, 03:04AM

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That's why I was hesitating before going anywhere with it. I've been using prototype in my plugins because e107 will use it but I know jquery is SOOOO much better (and mootools as well I believe).

I think I'll look to move to jquery as there is just so much more support for it. I'll have to find some good tutorials.

Thanks for your observations.

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aSeptik

Sep 11 2010, 10:37AM

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from what i know, mootools is prototype based, although it is robust and good one! regarding prototype i have used it in the past ( it is the first js lib i ever used ), but now i'm using jQuery, why!? i really don't know why!

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