Mootools, Scriptaculous, Prototype, YUI or JQuery?

[eluser]maadmac[/eluser]
[quote author="inparo" date="1203839201"]Functions like 'one' and 'map; or selectors such as 'lt' and 'gt' really tell you nothing about their behavior.[/quote]

Ah, so it is. Fair enough.

Someone recently pointed me at the get() method, so that statement has lost some of it's meaning.

get() is marvelous.

What I meant was that you can manipulate what you have on the stage very well. But generating new content is a real pain.

Generating new content to insert into the DOM, you mean? Usually this involves either static introductions or AJAX calls, and in both cases I've found jQuery to be the simplest and most intuitive. You can create your markup on the fly using the factory function:

Code:

$("<div class="item">Content</div>").appendTo("body");

Alternatively, the load() method is as simple as AJAX gets; $.post, $.get and $.ajax cover the rest of the bases. There's also this terrific plugin called livequery that lets you assign event handlers to content that hasn't yet been loaded into the DOM. It's a life-saver:

livequery

No doubt about it. Although...

Touche! That's quite a pedigree.