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I’m first… hehe ;)
damn when people will grow mentally and stop this stupid ” I am First ”
Is there a WordPress plugin that can strip out such comments?
Mootools > jQuery
Lol, no need to start a framework war :D
Honestly, both frameworks have their own pros and cons, Mootools is just what I chose to learn.
Silly me, being so single focused in my desire to learn something new. Thanks for providing me with an alternative area of study!
What’s the second screenshot? I mean what software? thanks
Thats Coda.
http://www.panic.com/coda/
What editor is that second screenshot of?
I don’t want to be a comment spammer so here it is.
Thats Coda.
http://www.panic.com/coda/
Also, thanks for watching the tutorial!
Not trying to start a frameworks war, but why did you choose Mootools personally? *curious*
Well i actually started with Prototype and Scriptaculous. I had then moved over to Mootools and became very comfortable with it.
By the time I found out about jQuery I really didn’t feel like moving over to another framework, so I just stuck with Mootools.
Yeah I feel the same way except I started with jQuery and don’t feel like learning Mootools until I come against something that jQuery can’t do (my scripts aren’t super advanced so I don’t know when or if that will happen).
Huge mootools fan, great to see this.
I use to be very biased towards other frameworks because of my mootools “upbringing”–but recently I have started using jQuery per certain project restraints, and its not as painful as I’d thought it would be. I will say, mootools has way more native methods that I find tough to work without.
But I’m a developer at heart, and I write most all of my mootools code from scratch.
Thanks for this! I’ve been wanting to look at mootools for a while and this should give me a kick start.
At the minute I use jQuery but I’m pretty much a novice at that too so I’d love to see a similar thing done with that aswell.
If you’re looking for a beginners resource for jQuery, Jeffrey Way provides an awesome solution.
Check out his video series “jQuery for Absolute Beginners”.
http://blog.themeforest.net/screencasts/jquery-for-absolute-beginners-video-series/