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kind: article
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created_at: 2010-07-05T13:49:04+02:00
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title: Cappuccino vs jQuery
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author_name: Yann Esposito
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author_uri: yannesposito.com
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tags:
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- Cappuccino
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- iPhone
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- web
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- javascript
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- jQuery
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- Cocoa
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- programming
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begindiv(intro)
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<abbr class="sc" title="Too long; don't read">tl;dr</abbr>:
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* Tried to make [YPassword](http://yannesposito.com/Softwares/YPassword.html) in jQuery and with Cappuccino.
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* Cappuccino nice in desktop browser but 1.4MB, not compatible with iPhone.
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* jQuery not as nice as the Cappuccino version but 106KB. iPhone compatible.
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* I'll give a try to Dashcode 3.
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---
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begindiv(intro)
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Before start, I must say I know Cappuccino and jQuery are no more comparable than Cocoa and the C++ standard library. One is oriented for user interface while the other is and helper for low level programming.
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Nonetheless I used these two to make the same web application. This is why I compare the experience I had with each of them for this specific task.
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I made a web version of my dashboard widget [YPassword](http://yannesposito.com/Softwares/YPassword.html).
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It is a simple widget to manage your online password with a *strong* security and with a totally portable way. It is not intended to replace a *keychain*.
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It is more a password generator.
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The first was made from the code of my dashboard widget and with some jQuery.
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You can try it [here](http://yannesposito.com/YPassword.old).
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I then made a second version with the [Cappuccino](http://cappuccino.org). You can try it [here](http://yannesposito.com/YPassword).
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## What this widget do?
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begindiv(intro)
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If you don't mind about what does my widget and just want to know how the two frameworkcompare, you should go
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directly to the [next part](#cappuccino).
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I manage my password on many site with a simple method.
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I remember a strong master password. And my password is mainly
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<code class="ruby">hash(masterPassword+domainName)</code>
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In reality I need a bit more informations to create a password:
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* A master password,
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* an URL,
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* a maximal password length,
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* the kind of output base64 or hexadecimal,
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* how many times my password could have leaked.
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The result password is this:
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<code class="ruby">
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domainName=domaine_Name_Of_URL(url)
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hash=sha1( masterPassword + leakedTimes + domainName )
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if ( kind == 'base64' )
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hash=base64(hash)
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end
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return hash[0..maxlength]
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</code>
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In fact depending of websites, some give some strange constraint to your password:
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* minimal length,
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* maximal length,
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* must not contain a special character,
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* must contain a special character,
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* etc...
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And if you want to change your password the *leak number* is here for that.
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All informations such as user name, maximal length can be stored in a public file. The only real secret is the master password.
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If you want to know even more details you can always look at some of my old blog entries:
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* [simple portable password management](http://yannesposito.com/YBlog/Computer/Entr%C3%A9es/2008/7/30_Easy%2C_secure_and_portable_password_management_system.html)
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* [base64](http://yannesposito.com/YBlog/Computer/Entrées/2009/3/15_Shorter_Password_with_the_same_efficiency.html)
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* [change your password](http://yannesposito.com/YBlog/Computer/Entr%C3%A9es/2009/4/11_Be_able_to_change_your_password.html)
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## Cappuccino
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First, I'd like to say Cappuccino applications look simply awesome.
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It is like having a Cocoa application in your web browser.
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And this is *great*.
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I also must admit I enjoyed making my application with Cappuccino.
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It is like programming for an iPhone application.
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If you are a bit familiar with Cocoa, you feel at home.
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If you don't know anything about Cocoa, I suggest you to look at it.
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This is a really _great_ framework to make User Interface.
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I am not a specialist, but I have done some MFC, java Swing[^1] and WXWindows User Interfaces (some years ago).
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And I must say, Cocoa is far better than those.
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[^1]: If you are interested you can take a look at [SEDiL](http://labh-curien.univ-st-etienne.fr/informatique/SEDiL/). I am proud of the tree drawing view made from scratch.
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Cappuccino is a great web application oriented development.
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But there was also some drawbacks
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Things I liked:
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* It looks great
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* It was fun to program
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* It was like programming a Mac application
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* I could have done the User Interface using [Interface Builder](http://developer.apple.com/technologies/tools/xcode.html).
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Some things I didn't like:
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* I made some time to understand how to handle the `onChange` on the text fields.
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* Documentation lacked a bit of organisation.
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* It doesn't work on iPhone.
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* It weighted 11MB to deploy.
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* It weight 1.3MB to load.
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I didn't use bindings because I believe they are not ready by now.
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## jQuery
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The jQuery version of YPassword is not as finished as the Cappuccino one. Because, there is no *slider* directly with jQuery. I'd have to use jQueryUI. And I believe, using it will make the application weight far more than the today 106KB.
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To make this version I simply copied my widget source code and adapted it. It was straightforward. But jQuery is not an *application oriented framework*. It is more a "*dark side* javascript animation framework"[^2].
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[^2]: I don't want to feel like a *troll* I use jQuery to make some *dark side* animation on this blog. But the javascript on my blog is not needed except for commenting.
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I don't have too much to say about the jQuery version. But this was way more *low level* programming than Cappuccino.
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## My conclusion
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If you want to make an iPhone compatible web application just don't use Cappuccino yet.
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If you want to make *simple* application like mine, I also believe, Cappuccino is a bit too much.
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If you want to make a complex web oriented application, Cappuccino is a great choice.
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But you may have some difficulties to begin programming with it.
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Finally, to terminate my web version of my widget, I'll give a try to Dashcode 3.
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It seems to be a good alternative to create web widgets.
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I don't know if Dashcode 3 is portable on non webkit browser.
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But if it is, it could be the end of projects like Cappuccino and Sproutcore.
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