Explore / analyze Cash vs jQuery 4.0

[marclaporte]

jQuery 4. is now in beta:
https://blog.jquery.com/2024/02/06/jquery-4-0-0-beta/

Let's see how it compares to what we use now:
https://github.com/fabiospampinato/cash

[josaphatim]

In my opinion there are more benefits of using jQuery over Cash.

• First cash depends 100% on jQuery
• Development of Cash is done by one person and there haven't been more activity in past months
• jQuery has more plugins that will help in the future as Cypht is growing in terms of features
• Less code in Cypht js files as for now we are obliged to write vanilla javascript when Cash doesn't provide methods we need

[marclaporte]

If we move to jQuery, what is your proposed strategy and why?

Do we

• Go now with jQuery 3.x stable and upgrade to 4.x later?
• Go now with 4.0 Beta, accept instability and delay Cypht 2.0?
• Release Cypht 2.0 ASAP, and move to jQuery 4.0 later (when released) and do so for Tiki at the same time?
• Do something else?

[marclaporte]

ok, let's push jQuery 4.0 to later (Cypht 3.0) so we have ample time to test and make sure all the other dependencies work well with it.

[marclaporte]

Second Beta of jQuery 4.0.0:
https://blog.jquery.com/2024/07/17/second-beta-of-jquery-4-0-0/

[marclaporte]

We'll need to review cases like this when the time comes:
#1662