Keep in mind, too, that though only less than 100 lines of code were used, 200 lines of CSS were used ( for the jquery version ), and even then it didn’t support IE. Cappuccino abstracts away the need for trying to support all the different browsers, and allows the developer to focus on the app.

One bottom line, though, might be that not all developers like, or care, about javascript. We’re paid to develop apps, and to have to struggle with all the different quirks of different browsers (especially IE that seems to feel it doesn’t have to follow any standards ) is just a drag. Many of us just need to write an app, and have it work. To be fair, the majority of ‘many of us’ would likely be objective-c/cocoa programmers, LOL.

I’ve used jquery, and like it. For a great many things, it’s just the ticket. But, I am not a javascript/css guy. I can code with them, but don’t want to have to. Something like cappuccino, that lets me leverage my objective-c/cocoa skills, and build something for the web is way cool. It is improving by the day, and is very usable now ( 2010 ).

Of course it won’t supplant jquery/css, etc. I don’t think that is its intent. It is just another tool. Those masters of jquery/css, etc. don’t ever need to use it. They have honed their skills with that tool set. Cappuccino is for, I think, a different set of developers. It allows us to do some cool things on the web, using tools for which we have honed our skills. No more, no less.

b> Did someone use java to write compilers, linkers, loaders?

It’s not right for Cappuccino to compete with jquery for everyday web sites, or even web apps of flickr or flickr demo type or most of the web apps built today.
Cappuccino would loose.

But it’s not right for jquery to compete with Cappuccino for the types of apps which Cappuccino is supposed to build like 280 slides or a web version of photoshop.

I have been using jQuery for years now. However,

I see the need for Cappuccino, imagining the kind of web we are dreaming to build.

Cappuccino definitely has some fantastic technology – but to count jQuery out as script-kiddie is a plain lie.

I just wrote up a post that goes into depth about what Cappuccino is, when to use it vs jQuery, and why. Love your thoughts:

http://welcome.totheinter.net/2008/09/07/cappuccino-taking-the-web-out-of-web-development/

Cheers

I’ve messed around with a few other libs (YUI, Moo, Dojo) but I like JQuery the best — clear and easily understood syntax, small library footprint and good performance. Plus a wide array of plugins and an active, friendly developer community.

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dburger/demos/prototype/flickr/flickr.html