+1 to Andrew Scott. Very good summary. Basically, if you are planning to build a whole RIA based on ajax ui and functionality - and Flex is not your cup of tea - go for ExtJS. If you are just looking to add some nice 'ajaxy' features to oyur site - i.e. unobtrusive js popups, content replacement without page refresh, slideshows, etc - then I suggest you look for those specific features you want in several js frameworks and their plugins and decide which one has the best look and functionality for you and go for that one. I personally favour jQuery, mostly for its simplicity. There is nothing wrong with mixing a few frameworks on the same site for different tasks/functionality - it is just may be a bit harder to maintain later...
my 0.02c... hth Azadi Saryev Sabai-dee.com http://www.sabai-dee.com/ Andrew Scott wrote: > You really are going to open a can of worms here, but I think it is what > fits your needs. > > Each of the frameworks have their own pros/cons to what you wish to achieve, > and that is going to be the best question to ask yourself first. > > I have done some serious extJS, Dojo work and both have been very easy to > learn and pickup. But they are not the frameworks I would use if you were > not going to develop a heavy UI site/application. > > jQuery gains a lot of ground for its simpleness, as does mootools. Spry I > here good things about, but have never used it myself. > > So the answer would be this, if you are after a very RIA experience and are > not going to go the Flex way then my choice would be extJS 2.02 overall. If > you are looking for minimal RIA as a way to enhance a website experience > then jQuery/Spry/Mootools might be for you. > > So it would be best in my opinion to learn as many as you can. Fundamentally > they all do the same thing in principle, and if you are good at JS then all > are going to be easy to learn. > > Also if you haven't seen this website before, then I suggest you add this to > your RSS feeds as it is a very valuable resource site. > > www.ajaxian.com > > > > Andrew Scott > Senior Coldfusion Developer > Aegeon Pty. Ltd. > www.aegeon.com.au > Phone:�+613 �9015 8628 > Mobile: 0404 998 273 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301627 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
