Mootools 1.2 is close – but what about the CNET codebase?

Monday, February 25th, 2008 @ 1:21 pm | filed under: CNET JS Standards

Hi Gang,

I’ve been picking up more and more chatter regarding the imminent release of Mootools 1.2b and I keep getting emails and whatnot asking about CNET’s codebase, which works in 1.11, but not so well in 1.2 (even with the Mootools compatibility layer).

We’re working on it and we’ve made a lot of progress. We’ve now migrated ALL of our code and have only the 3rd party scripts we support (Slimbox and Autocompleter) left to port. But even then we’re not ready to release it – or even post a release candidate – until we’ve done some QA.

So this post is just to tell you all that, yes, we’re porting it all to 1.2 and that it’s not that far off. You can, if you like, browse the documentation for the new scripts here:

http://clientside.cnet.com/docs/Core

We’ve rearranged things a bit (more on that in a later post), renaming some classes and methods and whatnot. We’ll also have a compatibility layer that should make our code work with Mootools 1.11, as well.

Other plans include a download page much like the Mootools download page (finally!), specs (unit tests), and demos.

Stay tuned; we’ll have a release candidate for you to start playing with in another week or so.

-aaron

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6 Responses to “Mootools 1.2 is close – but what about the CNET codebase?”

  1. Garrick Says:
    February 25th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    Sounds exciting! I’m looking forward to MooTools 1.2 AND the CNET Codebase.

  2. Kurt Says:
    February 25th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

    Thanks Aaron!

  3. Mark Waks Says:
    February 26th, 2008 at 8:34 am

    Thanks much for all the hard work! I’m bootstrapping a new company right now, and it looks like MooTools is going to be front-and-center, with the CNet libraries playing an important role. (Hopefully I’ll wind up with some useful widgets that I can contribute back to the community…)

  4. Chaffe Says:
    February 27th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

    Aaron, as always, your effort and time is appreciated.

  5. Erik Hansen Says:
    February 29th, 2008 at 9:23 am

    Aaron,

    Thanks so much for releasing your scripts to the Mootools community. I’m actually bootstrapping a new company too, and we’re using Mootools and some of your scripts.

    Looking forward to more releases from you!
    Erik

  6. Chaffe Says:
    March 6th, 2008 at 12:19 am

    hello Aaron,
    Just wanted to see if you can give us an update on the RC. Should we expect it in the next couple of days? I’m getting too excited :) Thanks.