Choosing Between Two Great JavaScript Frameworks: jQuery and MooTools Compared

For individuals new to JavaScript and the numerous frameworks available, choosing one can be daunting. jQuery adoption has quickly taken off over the past two years or so and it continues to attract new users of the framework. MooTools has been around for roughly the same amount of time but presents a steeper learning curve.

This talk aims to focus on just these two frameworks (there are certainly other excellent libraries to consider beyond these two) and compare their functionality and design principals in depth. For anyone who is curious about either, or who has dedicated a lot of time to one or the other but is curious to see how things work in an alternative, this presentation should give some perspective into what makes each framework similar, different, and compelling.

About Aaron Newton

Aaron Newton is a product manager, developer, interface designer, and writer. He is a contributor to the MooTools Javascript framework - where he writes code, the documentation, free online tutorials and the first Mootools book published by Apress. His experience includes founding music startup, Epitonic.com, launching CNET's Download.com Music, and several years product managing application development for various projects at CNET Networks. He is currently the lead User Experience at Cloudera in San Francisco, CA.

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