JavaScript Frameworks

Posted by: Sam Birch | 15 January 2008

Last year saw the increase in popularity of javascript frameworks such as prototype, jQuery, Dojo, YUI, GWT, and others. These frameworks make life a lot easier for the developer, allowing for easy cross-browser scripting, extending native objects and in most cases the opportunity do to some cool effects.

Mando's framework of choice is MooTools. It's small, lightweight, compact, modular and has a healthy following. It's allowed us to develop our own library of effects and functions, some of which can be seen on one of our developer's sites: phatfusion.net.

All the interest in javascript and front-side scripting that these frameworks has raised over of the past year or so, has made the browser vendors sit up and take notice. Javascript itself it starting to get development momentum and the posibilties are starting to open up.

Let's see what 2008 has to offer!

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