AJAX Component GUI Frameworks: The Reviews

AJAX frameworks. Once something that might as well have been in a foreign language is now something that must be considered when taking a drink from the Ajax fountain…

Over the next week or two, I’m going to begin reviewing several AJAX frameworks, specifically those of the Component GUI variety. The basic idea is that these frameworks allow you to develop AJAX application much like a desktop GUI, by composing reusable widgets and attaching behavior and data to them. The development techniques are well understood and mature. Also, the component GUI is a much better design model than the form-and-reports multi-page awkwardness of traditional webapp development techniques and frameworks for developing RIA’s. Picking the right approach now will save you time and heartache. To quote Jesse J. Garrett:

Web sites are technologically complex, and getting more intricate all the time. Identifying the technology strategy for the site - platforms, standards, technologies, and how they can all interoperate - is essential to avoiding costly mistakes….. Source: Agile Ajax

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