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October 31, 2007

So many JavaScript libraries!

Filed under: — David @ 5:22 pm

Just looking around for some JavaScript libraries to use in some new code, I came up with all these libraries:

  1. Prototype
  2. jQuery
  3. MochiKit
  4. MooTools
  5. script.aculo.us
  6. Dojo
  7. Ext JS
  8. ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit
  9. The Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI)
  10. SimpleJS

I haven’t been able to find a decent comparison of the different frameworks (what they do, compatibility, download size). I might come up with my own table soon if I can’t find anything.

I have used the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit1, YUI, and Prototype so far. I think those three are compatible, but I’m not sure. (What I should say is nothing has broken from using the three libraries in a single app.)

Does anyone out there have any good comparisons between all the major libraries?

  1. ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit with ASP.NET AJAX are two different things btw. I’ve just been calling the whole thing msajax just because the naming is so ambigous↩

3 Responses to “So many JavaScript libraries!”

  1. November 1st, 2007 at 4:13 pm blog.vorpal.cc » Points to consider when evaluating a JavaScript framework Says:

    [...] It’s somewhat related to my earlier post on looking for a comparison of JavaScript frameworks, and his was posted just a day before mine. [...]

  2. November 15th, 2007 at 10:51 pm Rohit Rai Says:

    Am running a collaborative comparison of the various javascript libraries and frameworks. http://mytechrantings.blogspot.com/2007/11/comparing-prototypescriptaculous-dojo.html

    please submit your valuable opinions :D

  3. November 16th, 2007 at 9:24 am David Says:

    Excellent! That’s exactly what I was looking for.

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