Favourite AJAX Framework

[Lloyd K]

Aaron found this and posted it on IRC:

http://www.experts-zone.gr/choose-your-favourite-framework

[Animal]

It's still comparing apples and pears really.

jQuery is a good, fast compact foundation library.

It's good for adding "effects" to legacy "web pages".

But its UI is an afterthought. A mishmash of plugins from different developers, all reinventing their own personal take on the wheel.

ExtJs has the essential foundations, but it also has the whole widget lifecycle designed in.

This is what really sets it apart.

[Lloyd K]

Yes I agree. I tend to use jQuery for small stuff as Ext is a bit heavy though Ext-Core should save me from that :)

[jay@moduscreate.com]

ExtJs has the essential foundations, but it also has the whole widget lifecycle designed in.


I added similar wording to the book:


While there are many facets to any comparison or case study, I want to focus on the Ext UI. We already talked about some of the UI widgets that come out of the box in the framework. But what many don’t see is what is under the hood of the framework to provide unified management of various parts of the framework. These include the commonly overlooked Event, Component, Container and Layout models. These components are the core of many modern UI libraries on desktop operating systems and are not part of any other competing JavaScript library.

[JEBriggs]

I've created an Ajax Decision Center (http://www.athenz.com/app/decision/center/ajax) where you can compare Ajax frameworks in a very detailed and precise way. And you can publish the results of your comparison. The decision center is especially designed to help organizations that are currently evaluating frameworks. The decision center also provides a way for people to share their thoughts and opinions about Ajax technology. Comparisons and evaluations are driven by a decision model that contains hundreds of evaluation criteria that get at the capabilities, quality, and long term viability of a given framework.

Incidently, the front end is built entirely using Ext Js.