For those of you who are using my YUI 3 for YUI 2 emulation code, I want to share with you the latest, and perhaps final version. This version is very similar to what we are now using on Mint.com, where I have been successfully swapping back and forth between the mock YUI 3 and the real YUI 3.

http://yui-ext-mvc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/assets/js/yahoo-ext/yui3foryui2.js

Notes

• Y.Base.create has been added
• use YUI.add instead of YUI().add
• Y.NodeList is now supported
• Y.Event.attach and Y.Event.detach emulated
• window resize event supported
• the Y.mix function is fully emulated

There is definitely more, but the above is a good list of the major improvements.

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