[Web-SIG] JavaScript libraries

[Ian Bicking]

Shannon -jj Behrens wrote:
> It sure would be nice to have a common JavaScript library that we
> could all share.  People are wanting this for Aquarium, but I really
> don't want Aquarium to have its own JavaScript library.  It's too much
> of a niche within a niche.  Do you guys think it'd be possible to use
> the RoR one?  I've often talked with Donnovan about using LivePage
> from Nevow.  Do you guys know of any other really solid JavaScript
> libraries?

I was just asking the Paste list about this, actually.  Here's what I 
sent them:

I've been playing around with javascript o lait (http://jsolait.net/) in 
an Ajax application (examples/console), but i'm having a hard time 
getting the Javascript to work.  I'm wondering if anyone has particular 
opinions on libraries to use.  I've looked just very briefly at Dojo: 
http://dojotoolkit.org/ and Sajax: http://www.modernmethod.com/sajax/

There's also LivePage, but I don't know that it's very well documented. 
  Ditto Rails' prototype.   I strongly prefer Javascript that is 
backend-neutral.  Does anyone have experience with anything specific?


I've only really tried Javascript O Lait, which has its good and bad 
points.  I think the author of that library must be a Python fan too, as 
it adds Python-like ideas to Javascript, and he has some Python 
libraries to go with it.  Actually, if I could just get the damn thing 
to load I don't know if I have any other complaints :-/  Trying to make 
Javascript modular is a PITA.  But I haven't followed up with the 
jsolait list either.

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