We are about to start a complete redesign of our web app at the company I work for and now is the time to try and push for some changes. We currently use Prototype but I would like switch to jQuery. I'm going to be putting together argument as to why we should switch and was wondering if the HN community could provide some resources that I can use as ammunition.
1. Most obviously, jQuery is completely encapsulated, whereas Prototype extends the DOM and pollutes the global namespace fairly rampantly.<p>2. jQuery is designed for ease of use. It is concise and understandable. Its learning curve is lower.<p>3. jQuery is becoming fairly ubiquitous. More people use it, which means more developers know it like the back of their hand.<p>4. The community, availability of plugins, extensions, tools, tutorials, and so on is much better for jQuery.<p>This is an outdated resource, but many of the facts still stand: <a href="http://ajaxian.com/archives/prototype-and-jquery-a-code-comparison" rel="nofollow">http://ajaxian.com/archives/prototype-and-jquery-a-code-comp...</a>