Looking for an experienced javascript developer

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Leuck on March 29, 2009 at 12:43pm

Hey Bruce. I don't know if he is available, but Truman Leung is a Mootools wiz.

Permalink Reply by Bruce Kim on March 29, 2009 at 12:58pm

Hey Dan are you like living on the computer? It's Sunday and you replied like 15 minutes after I posted! ;) Thanks though... I'll try contact Truman.

Permalink Reply by Truman Leung on March 29, 2009 at 2:47pm

Thanks, Dan, for the referral.

Bruce, I appreciate your message. While I am quite comfortable writing MooTools classes to make web app user interfaces user-friendly, I doubt I could single-handedly rollout a custom Javascript framework faster than jQuery or MooTools. Thanks for the thought, though.

Permalink Reply by Laurence A. Lee on March 29, 2009 at 10:29pm

I'm curious as to why anyone would want to roll their own JS classes at this point. No dig, just trying to get into other peoples' head to understand the rationale.

There are so many capable libraries out there, with varying licenses to suit most project needs. I'm partial to MooTools when I need something small; and I like Dojo Toolkit for my internal projects. Others have glowing reviews of YUI and ExtJS.

Are you doing something beyond the ordinary JSON and AJAX effects? Or are you looking for a developer who can write a JS library that works better within the constraints of your Mobile Platform?

Permalink Reply by Bruce Kim on March 29, 2009 at 11:10pm

Hi Truman, maybe I didn't phrase it that well but I didn't mean to imply to write something from scratch but to take the minimum set of pieces that are required from possibly different libraries to form a base on which to build the app. The javascript wouldn't just be for screen effects within the browser but would need to implement a more full-blown application. The trick though is the balance between functionality and code size against download speed over the phone network especially when it isn't 3G.

Permalink Reply by Truman Leung on March 30, 2009 at 7:32am

Perhaps you should contact the developers of:
jQTouch
XUI
baseJS

I don't have any experience working in the mobile space, I just did a Google search for you.

Permalink Reply by Bruce Kim on March 30, 2009 at 8:17am

Hi Truman, thanks for the suggestions! I had looked at jQTouch earlier and it didn't look primetime but XUI looks like a real possibility. I really appreciate you spending the time to do some searching.

Permalink Reply by Stuart Malin on March 30, 2009 at 8:45am

Here's a far out in left field option that you may want to look into: Objective-J (http://cappuccino.org/). It is a Cocoa like pseudo language implemented entirely in Javascript that enables one to build desk-top class applications.

Permalink Reply by Bruce Kim on March 30, 2009 at 9:05am

Hi Stuart, I actually took a look at Cappuccino earlier. Pretty amazing stuff what they've done but unfortunately it's too heavy for what I need since the target is mobile devices. It definitely opens up some interesting possibilities for desktop apps though.

Permalink Reply by Stuart Malin on March 30, 2009 at 9:18am

Hi Bruce. Yes, Cappuccino is both amazing and heavy. Glad though that you are aware of it.