Re:Four Eras of JavaScript Frameworks
by eyko on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @02:47PM
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I don't remember the original Gmail having a rich editor in the compose view (I've been trying to source some screenshots but can't seem to find any with the compose view), but I do remember it being pretty impressive for the time. There definitely were a few libraries pushing the envelope back then.
SproutCore for instance was around in 2006 and Apple built it's first version of MobileMe on it[1]. Prototype.js[2] first came out in 2005. I believe it was Prototype.js that first popularised the dollar sign $() for CSS selectors, or was it cssQuery[3]? Prototype also had Dojo[4] as healthy competition right from the start.
SproutCore for instance was around in 2006 and Apple built it's first version of MobileMe on it[1]. Prototype.js[2] first came out in 2005. I believe it was Prototype.js that first popularised the dollar sign $() for CSS selectors, or was it cssQuery[3]? Prototype also had Dojo[4] as healthy competition right from the start.
I also remember YUI[5] and its offshot Ext.js[6].
Most will also remember YUI[4] and its offshoot Ext.js[5] 1. https://techcrunch.com/2008/06/09/want-to-try-out-mobileme-c... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype_JavaScript_Framework 3. http://dean.edwards.name/my/cssQuery/ 4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dojo_Toolkit 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YUI_Library 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext_JS