Empty Thoughts

Neil Roberts implemented the Django template language in JavaScript. Pretty cool stuff. Find out more at Ajaxian

I was very excited to see that Yahoo! released version 2.4.0 of the YUI javascript framework. I’m especially excited about the selector stuff as well as the Get Utility. Get Utility is something I’ve been waiting for a long time.

I began working with YUI very early on in the release cycle. For me it was most attractive because t seemed very stable and polished and the docs have just been tremendous every step of the way. There were other frameworks at the time but they were either horribly lacking in good documentation or seemed to be a collection point for everything and anything without any real focus on stability.

The past few months I’ve been really getting into JQuery because it’s simple and intuitive interface, lightweight footprint, and excellent documentation. Although, with these recent additions to YUI I may just have to consider going back for the development of my largish, yet to be named, project I’m working on.

Simon Willison has an excellent writeup on using Comet, the ajax push technology, and specifically the Bayeux protocol, a standard protocol for clients to communicate with a dedicated server. There’s been a dearth of information on comet and related technologies, so it is great to see what Simon has put together. I only wish I could have attended the talk.