Dear JavaScript Library Developers… Monday, December 11th, 2006 at 8:48 pm

After spending about three weeks finishing a chapter of the upcoming book introducing JavaScript libraries to non-developers I was quite amazed how tough it is at times to use different libraries.

It was frustrating putting together a set of example scripts for several effects for the oddest reasons, which is why I am now publishing my wishlist for any JavaScript library developers or maintainers. Before you start a new library or expect people to be able to use yours immediately you might want to give these points some thought. For library users this list might be a good â€œheads upâ€? to see how much work has to go into using a library or how to pick the right library for the job at hand.

Hereâ€™s what drove me nuts: