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Best Javascript Library/Framework

Started by jody 12 months ago 2 Comments

What's your favorite javascript library, or which one do you think is the best? And why?

Tags: computing, javascript, web

1.	jQuery "jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations,... [show more] "jQuery is a fast, concise, JavaScript Library that simplifies how you traverse HTML documents, handle events, perform animations, and add Ajax interactions to your web pages" [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 5 votes 99 pts
2.	mootools Object-Oriented JavaScript framework designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerf... [show more] Object-Oriented JavaScript framework designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerful, flexible, and cross-browser code with its elegant, well documented, and coherent API. http://mootools.net/ [show less] 2 Comments	Vote! 5 votes 98 pts
3.	Prototype Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 60 pts
4.	YUI (Yahoo User Interface) The Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library is a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive... [show more] The Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library is a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, DHTML and AJAX. The YUI Library also includes several core CSS resources. All components in the YUI Library have been released as open source under a BSD license and are free for all uses. http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/ [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 1 votes 17 pts
5.	Dojo "Dojo is an Open Source DHTML toolkit written in JavaScript. It builds on several contributed code bases (nWidgets, Burstlib, f(m)... [show more] "Dojo is an Open Source DHTML toolkit written in JavaScript. It builds on several contributed code bases (nWidgets, Burstlib, f(m)), which is why we refer to it sometimes as a "unified" toolkit. Dojo aims to solve some long-standing historical problems with DHTML which prevented mass adoption of dynamic web application development." [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 1 votes 16 pts
6.	ExtJS An extention to YUI - http://extjs.com http://extjs.com/learn/Ext_FAQ#What_is_Ext_al l_about.3F... [show more] An extention to YUI - http://extjs.com http://extjs.com/lea..._all_about.3F [show less] 1 Comment	Vote! 1 votes 15 pts
7.	Dean Edward's Base Adding OO inheritence to Javascript's Prototype base inheritence. http://code.google.com/p/base2/ ... [show more] Adding OO inheritence to Javascript's Prototype base inheritence. http://code.google.com/p/base2/ [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 1 votes 14 pts
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D 12 months ago

Alot of these Libraries/Frameworks cross lines. For example EXT requires either YUI, JQuery or Prototype. So you can't really compare them all.

Some just make JS programming easier (prototype, jquery), others make programming an Application easier (dojo, script.aculo.us, yui, etc.).

emad 2 months ago

I love jQuery, it is my favorite but read my post at http://www.emadibrah...ript-library/ for a surprising conclusion. Well, at least it surprised me.

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This topic was started by jody on October 19th, 2007. 11 grupies have voted on one or more of the 7 answers.

Tags: computing, javascript, web

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