Prototype, JQuery and JQueryUI
We’ve switched over to using JQuery from Prototype at my current employer. We’d previously used Prototype-1.5 for a long time and had a lot of dependencies to it. When we first started using JQuery it was version 1.1.3.1. There was no JQueryUI at that time.
So, we currently use JQuery-1.2.6 and JQueryUI-1.6rc2 and I really like them a lot. Oh yeah, we still have Prototype in the mix and it’s version 1.6 ( which is lots better than 1.5 ).
I recently, however, had issues with attempting to port new code back to a previous install. The new code was using JQueryUI, and the old code was on Prototype 1.5 and JQuery 1.1.3.1. Well – it took me a while to figure this out ( and I mentioned it already above ), but there is NO JQueryUI version compatible with JQuery-1.1.3.1. It wasn’t created until the 1.2.x branches of JQuery.
So – here’s the compatibility matrix for Prototype, JQuery and JQueryUI for any of you who care:
| Prototype | JQuery | JQueryUI |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 1.1.3.1 | —- |
| 1.6 | 1.2.6 | 1.5.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.3+ | 1.6rc6 |
| 1.6.0.2 | 1.3.2 | 1.7 |
Ciao.
