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After stumbling across this article, I was in awe to see what has recently transpired in the world of Javascript libraries/frameworks. I had recently fell in love with Yahoo UI, but I was truly surprised to see that jQuery has gained remarkable traction in the market.
According to This Google Trend, it has leaped far ahead of even script.aculo.us in raw search volume. This is a particulary good sign for jQuery. As search volume increases, so will the number of pages related to jQuery obviously and vice versa.
In my experience, rapidly growing popularity is usually a pretty good sign of success for an open-source project. If problems exist with the project, usually the overwhelming interest helps to spur on solutions and increase the capability of the product because of the massive interest. I’ve seen this same trend previously with with CakePHP, an excellent framework alternative for PHP based loosely off of Ruby on Rails.
Regardless, it appears that I will start learning jQuery. Even if it turns out to lose the “battle”, it can’t help to learn more about advanced javascript without being forced to climb a steep learning curve.
Any truthfully, if this popularity trend continues, I think it’s safe to say jQuery is here to stay.
jQuery.com if interested.
