Re: [OT] JS/AJAX toolkits evaluation
Re: [OT] JS/AJAX toolkits evaluation
- Subject: Re: [OT] JS/AJAX toolkits evaluation
- From: David LeBer <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 09:37:45 -0400
On 23-May-07, at 8:37 AM, Andrus Adamchik wrote:
Sorry for an OT question.
Briefly got out of the black hole of backend development, and into
the much-hyped world of dynamic web UI. Need to make a decision on
a JavaScript toolkit to do various dynamic widgets for a set of web
applications.
A short version of the question: which toolkit? why?
A more long-winded version:
5-6 years ago there was WO and there was JSP/Struts (or EOF vs.
EJB, for another absurd comparison). For a person coming to the
market with no deep knowledge, it was easy to pick the later over
the former, if only because of marketing (or lack of thereof for
WO). So now I'd like to avoid picking "JSP of AJAX" so to speak.
So ... is there a "WO of AJAX" out there? What are the opinions on
the popular and less popular toolkits among the WO community? Dojo,
Google, YUI, anything else? Are they even as much different as WO
vs. JSP?
I am looking for an ability to do structured coding (as opposed to
traditional JS spaghetti), a set of reusable widgets, and ease of
integration with Java engines like WO or Tapestry (I know Tapestry
4.1 already bundles Dojo, still wanted to look at other options), ...
Appreciate the insights of the WO community.
My AJAX use to date has been minimal, basically some AJAX sweetness
to existing forms and UI.
I can't tell from your email if you are planning on developing in WO
or not. If you are, then the obvious choice is the AJAX framework in
Project WONDER. Most of the work has already been done to give you
reusable WO components for many common AJAXy kinds of things.
It wraps script.aculo.us and prototype I believe.
If not, then maybe the Wonder guys can give you a more thorough
critique of the existing toolkits.
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