JSquared 1.0 Beta 1 released

Today saw the release of JSquared 1.0 Beta 1.

There have been some significant updates and there is no guaranteed smooth upgrade path from previous versions. From here on in though, any version 1.x releases beta or otherwise will be part of a smooth upgrade path from this version.

The highlight change is that all elements of JSquared are now created through self executing function instances. This allows us to use closures to lock down certain values and to make the code cleaner and better encapsulated.

There have been various additions the most significant of which is that DOM nodes can now be inserted and replaced from an AJAX call in one line of code!

There will be various bug fixes and other small tweaks before version 1.0 finally gets released which will hopefully be before the end of February 2008.

JSquared released at version 0.9

JSquared is the JavaScript library without $!

JavaScript libraries seem to have caught the imagination of developers everywhere and it is rare to see a project not using a library of some sort. The problem is that many of the JavaScript libraries out there can be big, hard to use and impossible to understand.

In steps JSquared, the library designed to be simple simple simple. It is the library without $!

JSquared is made up of components with one core component extending all aspects of the browser DOM to make your life easier. The library functions in the simplest way possible and is very easy to extend and enhance. It can be applied to an existing website and the JSquared extensions are immediately available without any need to re-code.

There is more information in the project home, so try it today.