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Recomendation for an AJAX Framework

 
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Hi everybody, can anyone suggest me about a good ajax framework to start working with? Someone that has some good advance widgets to work with. Thanks in advance.
 
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Ajax Patterns has a listing here: http://www.ajaxpatterns.org/AJAXFrameworks

I really have not plaeyd with the frameworks that are available since I like to write the logic behind it. The other authors involved in the book have worked with them and I will see if they could give you some pointers.

Eric
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Hi Omar,

What kind of 'widgets' are you looking for? I'm not qauite sure how to answer your question, so I'll throw a few ideas into the pot, and you can get back to me if I haven't hit the mark.

If you want a set of pre-built desktop-style widgets (trees, tables, etc.) then qooxdoo (http://qooxdoo.sourceforge.net) provide a fairly comprehensive suite. Rico (http://openrico.org) also have several pre-built widgets, notably a data grid.

The Scriptaculous library is starting to produce widgets (http://script.aculo.us). It also has several very nice 'Effects' - visual transitions that can be used when building widgets, particularly good for notifying the user.

These are all JavaScript libraries - I'm assuming that you want to hand-code yourclient, if you're asking on this forum. There are server-side frameworks that will generate the client code for you, e.g. Backbase (http://www.backbsase.com : commercial with free version) and some of the Java Server Faces implementations e.g. Oracle's ADF. You won't get quite the same flexibility of layout/design with these, of course.

Hope that helps,
Dave
 
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