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Mootools Version 1.00 Rleased
mootools.net — MooTools is a compact, modular, Object-Oriented javascript framework designed to make writing extensible and compatable code easier and faster. Mootools lets you get the job done efficiently and effectively.
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- pestybandit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I've been working with the development version all along and it's got simply brilliant. Very well written, optimised and due to the fact it's all modular, as small as you want it to be.
- M4v3R, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Agreed, great stuff.
Compressed it's around 20kB, which is much smaller than Prototype + Script.aculo.us, and it's faster than these two. - MinaSulo, on 10/12/2007, -17/+2Yeah, but it's OO so really no one gives a *****.
- Adma1, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Tauren Add-ons?
- SundayTrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Mootols rock,with the new pneumatic sucksion I can get twice as much milk
- veracon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I can highly recommend it, too, has saved me hundreds of lines of code. It's great both for simple DOM manipulation, AJAX and neat effects with the Fx module.
*claps*
- M4v3R, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Agreed, great stuff.
- Mikkle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4awesome... had been waiting for this for a while. This framework is extremely promising.
- flashpunk, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2WEEEEEE!
- kgraphik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I was on the site this morning, and it had yet to be released. Awesome that it's finally out. Been using the dev versions for weeks now.
- jalenack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://quizlet.com/blog/archives/18
Blog post for a web app using mootools. - tarellel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I've been anticipating this release for quite sometime. Defiantly a great way to keep this amazing framework and the community on its heals.
- standsolid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is an amazing toolkit, i'v ebeen using it since moo.fx -- it's amazing.
- mr1337, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5I prefer prototype and scripaculous. Mootools just doesn't have enough documentation or ease of use.
- leohart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Actually mootools documentation is similarly available comparing to Prototype and Scriptaculous. The effects of mootools are also smoother and less jerky out of the box. (need less containment divs)
- jalenack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7That was true for a long time, but not anymore. Aaron Newton from CNET really made the docs up to snuff. I think it's very sufficiently documented now, for the 1.0 release.
- gaoshan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2In Newton's tutorial he has this code for using the "Accordion" effect:
new Accordion($$('dl#accordionExample dt'), $$('dl#accordionExample dd'));
This just confuses me as the following is what I had to do to get this effect to work:
In the js:
window.onload = function() {
question = new fx.Height('question', {duration: 400});
question.hide();
In the html:
I use an onclick to trigger it... can't display the code in the comment...grrr.
I find the newer documentation to be confusing and useless! - pestybandit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There plenty of documentation if you look around, plus it's probably the best commented and laid out code I've seen compared to the other alternatives doing the rounds.
Others have already mentioned some sources. Here's two more
Latest Doc build: http://mootools.net/newdocs/files/Core/Moo-js.html
PDF Version I compiled: http://www.clanccc.co.uk/moo/Mootools.pdf - bede, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wouldn't say I prefer scriptaculaous/prototype necessarily, but I am somewhat tied in to it since I already have lots of code which uses it. I guess learning mootools and updating the code is there on the to-do list, but not really high up at the moment.
- gaoshan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@pestybandit -> Your first link to more documentation results in a 404. Your second is just a pdf of what is already available at the mootools site, which brings me to my point... it is confusing as hell! I mean, how do you properly implement the accordion effect using mootools?
Can you or anyone tell me from reading that documentation (or any other documentation you can find)?
Seriously. Try to do it and see how long it takes to figure it out.
BTW, under the old moo.fx it was easy, peasy... 2 minutes and you were up and running.
- anutron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Documentation: http://docs.mootools.net
Tutorial: http://clientside.cnet.com/wiki/mootorial - ahill7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'm gonna give this a try, and might couple it with moo.fx
- Craque, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It is super lightweight and very nice. However, sites like http://clientside.cnet.com/wiki/mootorial that tends to abuse using JavaScript are a bit slow. I believe that it should be used lightly to allow people with slower computers to enjoy nice effects.
Just a thought...- dasluvaluva, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's slow because his site isn't so much a "showcase", but an actual interactive-testing-ground.
The mootools debugger is enabled and each section of code needs to be "Executed" before testing. It's all there so you can play with code, test it, make variables, log errors/values, etc.
Perhaps what we do need is simply a quick demo of each function and a simple link to CNet's docs for how to do it. - anutron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My tutorial is slow because I include every single class and function of mootools, then, on top of that, the pages are rather large, and, on top of that, I have to execute several functions to "set up" the page. The Tutorial isn't designed to be fast - it's designed to teach. Saying that it's slow is like saying that a chemistry book is too thick.
- dasluvaluva, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's slow because his site isn't so much a "showcase", but an actual interactive-testing-ground.
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Mooooooo....
- rrrrw22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Yea, mootools is great. I have been using it on my site for quite a while (http://www.stage.fm/) It's everything I like about prototype without the bloat. Good work Valerio.
- HamSandwich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Okay, I'll admit it. When I first saw the title, I thought it had something to do with Master of Orion...
- jaredvolkl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Anyone want to take bets on how long before this replaces Prototype and Scriptaculous in Rails?
- CircleFusion, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've been recently researching javascript toolkits. I think I skimmed over Mootools a couple of weeks ago. JQuery seemed to be getting a lot of praise, so I was focusing on that. How does Mootools compare to JQuery?
- akkuma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Mootools is very comparable to jQuery. I think I'll switch over to mootools for my next project to truly decide which I prefer. One thing I love in Mootools is the ability to set numerous properties of a dynamically created element in a simple and fast manner.
- wgpubs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yah ... wondering the same thing ... jquery or mootools? What do ya'll think?
So far, I personally favor jquery. For example, implementing a sortable list in jquery using their interface plugin so much simpler, straight-forward and requires far less code than mootools! So for now, I'm focusing on it in my work. - incubusknight, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1These people may have created a great tool for developers, but boy they need help redesigning their page. I'm now legally blind due to their page.
- alteratti, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1get quacktools instead.
- sutabi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've been a fan of moo, and its grown up fast! This is how a library should be, well documented, and good support. Thank you guys!!!
- mgadalsky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nice indeed. Sweet, dugg it. http://hobbyzoom.blogspot.com
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