[Building Sakai] jQuery 1.1.4 > 1.3.2 Upgrade for 2.7?

[Nuno Fernandes]

For the record, some JQuery provided performance comparison:
1.3.0 - 1.3.2 : http://docs.jquery.com/Release:jQuery_1.3.2

1.2.6 - 1.3.0 : http://docs.jquery.com/Release:jQuery_1.3

Nuno


2009/7/16 John Norman <john at caret.cam.ac.uk>

> I agree with Nuno that the performance claim is a great motivator. So
> what do we know about how significant the difference would be for our
> application? Is it possible to measure so risk/effort can be balanced
> against expected benefits? I noticed
> http://ejohn.org/blog/deep-profiling-jquery-apps/
>  on a quick search and it seems reasonable to suppose that different
> apps would see different effects, but I don't know if this tool allows
> comparison across versions.
>
> In many ways, Eli's offer to fix bugs reduces the risk element
> significantly so this may look like nit-picking, but I just wanted to
> make a general point about evidence for claims and risk/reward trade-
> offs. OTOH there is a lot to be said for "if it ain't broke, don't fix
> it".
>
> John
>
> On 16 Jul 2009, at 11:32, Nuno Fernandes wrote:
>
> > +1
> >
> > JQuery 1.3.x is more faster and efficient than the older releases!
> >
> > Nuno
> >
> > 2009/7/16 Steve Swinsburg <s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk>
> > It would be nice for every project that uses jQuery to use a central
> > one, that way it is probably cached by the time you get to it so it
> > will make loading even faster.
> > But as noted, it gets dated real quick so projects ship their own.
> > Library upgrades like these we need to keep on top of. Most don't
> > break backwards functionality unless you are binding to a really old
> > version to begin with.
> >
> > +1 to Clay's suggestion, upgrade early (now), and get any issues
> > resolved early. Likewise for the other libraries we need to
> > upgrade(commons-lang et al)
> >
> >
> > cheers,
> > Steve
> >
> > ---
> > Steve Swinsburg
> > Portal Systems Developer
> > Centre for e-Science
> > Lancaster University
> > Lancaster
> > LA1 4YT
> >
> > email: s.swinsburg at lancaster.ac.uk
> > phone: +44 (0) 1524 594870
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 16 Jul 2009, at 08:51, Stephen Marquard wrote:
> >
> > > Upgrading the portal seems easy, especially if Eli has committed to
> > > pursue any resulting issues. Eli, can you create a JIRA for this?
> > >
> > > The question really is whether we continue with a shared version for
> > > multiple projects, or let each project do its own thing (referencing
> > > a specific version). Some projects have bundled newer versions
> > > anyway, so perhaps that's inevitable.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Stephen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Stephen Marquard, Learning Technologies Co-ordinator
> > > Centre for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town
> > > http://www.cet.uct.ac.za
> > > Email/IM/XMPP: stephen.marquard at uct.ac.za
> > > Phone: +27-21-650-5037 Cell: +27-83-500-5290
> > >>>> Eli Cochran <eli at media.berkeley.edu> 7/16/2009 2:34 AM >>>
> > > Hi folks,
> > > Every time that I notice that the Portal is using jQuery 1.1.4, I
> > > cringe. This version, while very stable, is very old (August 2007).
> > > The current version is 1.3.2 released in Feb 2009. This version is
> > > also very stable and much, much faster.
> > >
> > > I'd like to suggest that we upgrade to 1.3.2 for 2.7. By the time
> > > there may be jQuery 1.4 or even the mythical jQuery 2.0 but even
> > 1.3.2
> > > would be a huge step forward.
> > >
> > > There is usually a fair amount of backwards compatibility in jQuery.
> > > However, this is a big jump and I suspect that there will be some
> > > issues. I'm happy to take responsibility for any portal problems
> > that
> > > emerge.
> > >
> > > The bigger issue is what to do with bugs that come up in tools that
> > > might be utilizing /library/js/jquery.js. That is a bigger risk.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > - Eli
> > >
> > >
> >  . . . . . . . . . . .  .  .   .    .      .         .              .
>                 .
> > >
> > > Eli Cochran
> > > user interaction developer
> > > ETS, UC Berkeley
> > >
> > >
> > >
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