New in YUI 3.2.0: SimpleYUI

SimpleYUI is a new way of loading and instantiating YUI. The SimpleYUI file contains a rollup of basic Ajax library functionality: DOM tasks, event abstraction, transitions, and Ajax. Unlike other ways of loading YUI, SimpleYUI creates a YUI instance immediately upon loading, binding all included components to a global Y. Using SimpleYUI is easy:

Work with the DOM

SimpleYUI gives you all of the standard DOM interactions in the YUI 3 API:

Create UI Effects

All of the UI effects that are part of the (new-for-3.2.0) YUI Transition module are available in SimpleYUI:

Ajax

SimpleYUI provides the IO module's basic Ajax functionality:

The rest of YUI is just a use() away

You aren't limited to what comes bundled with SimpleYUI. You can bring in any other YUI 3 component, YUI 3 Gallery module, or YUI 2 component with a simple use() statement at any time.

Use SimpleYUI when...

...you want to get started fast and learn the ropes of YUI;
...you want to have basic Ajax library functionality available at any time in the life of the page
...you don't need the power and granularity of YUI's fine-tuned packaging structure.

Don't use SimpleYUI when...

...performance matters more than convenience;
...you want to sandbox portions of your implementation into separate instances;
...you want to be deliberate about when different components load and what the precise module/submodule makeup is on the page.

Last modified: Friday, 03rd September, 2010 @ 10:20am