> jquery single-handedly made programming on the browser easier. Besides jQuery ...

hitekker · on July 25, 2018

Eh, they have their place in history but jQuery was at least 10x more popular than all of the others combined.

Strong leadership without the bickering and bikeshedding that ruined its competitors.

jordigh · on July 25, 2018

I also remember Scriptaculous which at some point got somehow merged with Prototype and became Protaculous.

duiker101 · on July 25, 2018

That's like, the hardest name I've ever had to read.

sushid · on July 25, 2018

Reminds of the old days when Karma was named Testacular.

pmlnr · on July 26, 2018

I started with prototypejs. I never understood why jquery was the one that really took off.