That's strange that a lot of people have such complaints about Chosen. I've been using it for quite some time and never experienced any of the problems that they were describing. I had used Select2 in the past and have nothing against it. Both JS Packages just seem to work. :)
However, I do agree that this episode could have just as easily been swapped with Select2 with minor changes.
I personally prefer Selectize to Chosen. You can read about the differences here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13575531/what-are-the-differences-between-chosen-and-select2
But the usage is very similar and watching the great tutorial helps with using any of the two :-)
That's strange that a lot of people have such complaints about Chosen. I've been using it for quite some time and never experienced any of the problems that they were describing. I had used Select2 in the past and have nothing against it. Both JS Packages just seem to work. :)
However, I do agree that this episode could have just as easily been swapped with Select2 with minor changes.