[Project_owners] experience with OO libraries in chrome space?

Godmar Back godmar at gmail.com
Tue Oct 21 19:57:31 PDT 2008


Hi,

is anybody using any of the major (or minor) JS libraries that provide
support for OO-style programming (such as prototype, mootools, etc.)
in chrome space in a FF add-on? If so, what experiences have you made?
Were you able to use the library unchanged? I'm particularly concerned
about the potential for namespace conflicts and about how to maintain
the OO library going forward if changes needed to be made.

Most major libraries appear to be designed for client-side Javascript
within a web page; much of the functionality they provide, such as
browser-sniffing, browser-independent effects and event handling,
etc., are probably not needed in chrome space. For this reason, is
there a minimal library anybody could recommend that didn't emphasize
these aspects?

I'd be grateful for any experience you'd be willing to share.

 - Godmar


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