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3rd February 2008 - Link Blog

Low Pro For jQuery? Dan Webb on why he prefers Prototype over jQuery: “The one big reason was that, while jQuery was super simple and concise when working on smaller projects, it offered no help in structuring larger applications”.

Posted 3rd February 2008 at 10:16 pm

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