Comparison of JavaScript frameworks
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There are many JavaScriptJavaScript
JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
frameworks available. The intention of this comparison is to show some examples of JavaScript frameworks with their different features.
Table of Javascript Frameworks
| Ample SDK Ample SDK Ample SDK is a lightweight JavaScript library intended to simplify cross-browser web application development. Although the Ample SDK allows you to do client-side scripting in a very similar way as jQuery and many other JavaScript libraries, its main purpose is to enable development of declarative... |
DHTMLX Dhtmlx DHTMLX is a JavaScript GUI widget library for building dynamic web applications with desktop-like user experience and Ajax data loading. The library is released under both open-source GNU General Public License and commercial licenses... |
Dojo Dojo Toolkit Dojo Toolkit is an open source modular JavaScript library designed to ease the rapid development of cross-platform, JavaScript/Ajax-based applications and web sites. It was started by Alex Russell, Dylan Schiemann, David Schontzler, and others in 2004 and is dual-licensed under the modified BSD... |
Echo3 | Ext JS Ext (javascript library) Ext JS is a JavaScript library for building interactive web applications using techniques such as Ajax, DHTML and DOM scripting.Originally built as an add-on library extension of YUI by Jack Slocum, Ext includes interoperability with jQuery and Prototype... |
Google Web Toolkit Google Web Toolkit Google Web Toolkit is an open source set of tools that allows web developers to create and maintain complex JavaScript front-end applications in Java. Other than a few native libraries, everything is Java source that can be built on any supported platform with the included GWT Ant build files... |
jQuery JQuery jQuery is a cross-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It was released in January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig... |
midori Midori Javascript Framework midori is a lightweight JavaScript library that aims to make JavaScript web development easier. It was created by Aycan Gulez.- Features :* DOM element selection using CSS selectors* Tabs* Drag and Drop* Effects* Pop-up menus... |
MochiKit MochiKit MochiKit is a light-weight JavaScript library written and maintained by Bob Ippolito.Inspired by the Python networking framework, Twisted, it uses the concept of deferred execution to allow asynchronous behaviour... |
MooTools MooTools MooTools is a lightweight, object-oriented, web-application framework for JavaScript, written in JavaScript. It is released under the free, open-source MIT License... |
Prototype Prototype Javascript Framework The Prototype JavaScript Framework is a JavaScript framework created by Sam Stephenson in February 2005 as part of the foundation for Ajax support in Ruby on Rails. It is implemented as a single file of JavaScript code, usually named prototype.js... & script. aculo.us Script.aculo.us script.aculo.us is a JavaScript library built on the Prototype JavaScript Framework, providing dynamic visual effects and user interface elements via the Document Object Model .... |
Pyjamas Pyjamas (software) Pyjamas is a tool and framework for developing Ajax applications in Python. It contains a stand-alone Python-to-JavaScript compiler, an Ajax framework and widget toolkit, and through use of these components, developers can write comprehensive applications, to run in all major web browsers, without... |
qooxdoo Qooxdoo qooxdoo is an open source Ajax web application framework. It is an LGPL- and/or EPL-licensed multipurpose framework that includes support for professional JavaScript development, a graphical user interface toolkit and high-level client-server communication.- Framework :qooxdoo is entirely... |
Rialto Toolkit Rialto Toolkit Rialto is a cross browser ajax based JavaScript widgets library. Because it is technology agnostic it can be encapsulated in JSP, JSF, Python, .Net or PHP graphic components.... |
Rico Rico (Ajax) Rico is an open source JavaScript library for developing rich Internet applications that use Ajax.Rico uses the Prototype Javascript Framework library and the JSON standard.- Features :... |
SmartClient SmartClient SmartClient is an Ajax framework created by Isomorphic Software. First released in 2001, SmartClient has been integrated into products from major software vendors including Informatica and Wily/CA, and has been deployed in thousands of enterprises... & SmartGWT |
SweetDEV RIA | YUI | ZK | ||
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| Version compared | 0.9.3 |
3.0 |
1.6.0 |
3.0.rc1 |
4 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
2010.05 |
1.4.2 |
1.4.1 |
1.6.1/1.8.3 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
1.1.5 |
2.0 |
SmartClient: 8.1 SmartGWT: 2.5 |
3.1 |
3.4 |
5.0.9 |
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| Size | Variable. Core size: (minified & gzipped) |
Variable | Variable. Base size: (minified & gzipped), (minified), (uncompressed) |
Variable | (minified & gzipped), (minified), (uncompressed) |
(minified & gzipped), (uncompressed) |
Variable; , (uncompressed) |
Variable | Variable, starting at (gzipped) | (gzipped). | Variable; library core is | Variable | ||||||||
| License | MIT MIT License The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms... & GPL |
GPL & Commercial | BSD & AFL Academic Free License The Academic Free License is a permissive free software license written in 2002 by Lawrence E. Rosen, the general counsel of the Open Source Initiative .... |
MPL Mozilla Public License The Mozilla Public License is a free and open source software license. Version 1.0 was developed by Mitchell Baker when she worked as a lawyer at Netscape Communications Corporation and version 1.1 at the Mozilla Foundation... , LGPL or GPL |
GPL and Commercial | Apache Apache License The Apache License is a copyfree free software license authored by the Apache Software Foundation . The Apache License requires preservation of the copyright notice and disclaimer.... |
MIT MIT License The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms... & GPL |
MIT MIT License The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms... |
MIT MIT License The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms... & AFL Academic Free License The Academic Free License is a permissive free software license written in 2002 by Lawrence E. Rosen, the general counsel of the Open Source Initiative .... |
MIT MIT License The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms... |
MIT MIT License The MIT License is a free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . It is a permissive license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms... |
Apache 2 & GPL | LGPL & EPL Eclipse Public License The Eclipse Public License is an open source software license used by the Eclipse Foundation for its software. It replaces the Common Public License and removes certain terms relating to litigations related to patents.... |
Apache Apache License The Apache License is a copyfree free software license authored by the Apache Software Foundation . The Apache License requires preservation of the copyright notice and disclaimer.... |
Apache Apache License The Apache License is a copyfree free software license authored by the Apache Software Foundation . The Apache License requires preservation of the copyright notice and disclaimer.... |
LGPL & Commercial | Apache 2 | BSD | LGPL & GPL & ZOL | |
| Source language | ? | JavaScript | JavaScript + HTML | JavaScript and/or Java | JavaScript | Java | JavaScript | ? | ? | JavaScript | JavaScript | Python | JavaScript | ? | ? | Server: Java Client: Java (Smart GWT) or Javascript (SmartClient) or XML (both) |
? | Javascript + HTML + CSS | XML + Java (Javascript Optional) | |
| Demo | XUL SVG | Samples Explorer Demo Apps |
Feature Explorer | Client-Side JavaScript Demo | Samples & Demos | GWT Examples | UI demo | midori Documentation | Effects Demos | Demos | Effects Demos and Example Game | pyjs.org examples | qooxdoo demo | Demos | Demos | SmartClient Showcase SmartGWT Showcase SmartGWT EE Showcase |
Getting Started | 300 examples, including adv. app example | ZKDemo | |
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| Ample SDK Ample SDK Ample SDK is a lightweight JavaScript library intended to simplify cross-browser web application development. Although the Ample SDK allows you to do client-side scripting in a very similar way as jQuery and many other JavaScript libraries, its main purpose is to enable development of declarative... |
DHTMLX Dhtmlx DHTMLX is a JavaScript GUI widget library for building dynamic web applications with desktop-like user experience and Ajax data loading. The library is released under both open-source GNU General Public License and commercial licenses... |
Dojo Dojo Toolkit Dojo Toolkit is an open source modular JavaScript library designed to ease the rapid development of cross-platform, JavaScript/Ajax-based applications and web sites. It was started by Alex Russell, Dylan Schiemann, David Schontzler, and others in 2004 and is dual-licensed under the modified BSD... |
Echo3 | Ext JS Ext (javascript library) Ext JS is a JavaScript library for building interactive web applications using techniques such as Ajax, DHTML and DOM scripting.Originally built as an add-on library extension of YUI by Jack Slocum, Ext includes interoperability with jQuery and Prototype... |
Google Web Toolkit Google Web Toolkit Google Web Toolkit is an open source set of tools that allows web developers to create and maintain complex JavaScript front-end applications in Java. Other than a few native libraries, everything is Java source that can be built on any supported platform with the included GWT Ant build files... |
jQuery JQuery jQuery is a cross-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It was released in January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig... |
midori Midori Javascript Framework midori is a lightweight JavaScript library that aims to make JavaScript web development easier. It was created by Aycan Gulez.- Features :* DOM element selection using CSS selectors* Tabs* Drag and Drop* Effects* Pop-up menus... |
MochiKit MochiKit MochiKit is a light-weight JavaScript library written and maintained by Bob Ippolito.Inspired by the Python networking framework, Twisted, it uses the concept of deferred execution to allow asynchronous behaviour... |
MooTools MooTools MooTools is a lightweight, object-oriented, web-application framework for JavaScript, written in JavaScript. It is released under the free, open-source MIT License... |
Prototype Prototype Javascript Framework The Prototype JavaScript Framework is a JavaScript framework created by Sam Stephenson in February 2005 as part of the foundation for Ajax support in Ruby on Rails. It is implemented as a single file of JavaScript code, usually named prototype.js... & script. aculo.us Script.aculo.us script.aculo.us is a JavaScript library built on the Prototype JavaScript Framework, providing dynamic visual effects and user interface elements via the Document Object Model .... |
Pyjamas Pyjamas (software) Pyjamas is a tool and framework for developing Ajax applications in Python. It contains a stand-alone Python-to-JavaScript compiler, an Ajax framework and widget toolkit, and through use of these components, developers can write comprehensive applications, to run in all major web browsers, without... |
qooxdoo Qooxdoo qooxdoo is an open source Ajax web application framework. It is an LGPL- and/or EPL-licensed multipurpose framework that includes support for professional JavaScript development, a graphical user interface toolkit and high-level client-server communication.- Framework :qooxdoo is entirely... |
Rialto Toolkit Rialto Toolkit Rialto is a cross browser ajax based JavaScript widgets library. Because it is technology agnostic it can be encapsulated in JSP, JSF, Python, .Net or PHP graphic components.... |
Rico Rico (Ajax) Rico is an open source JavaScript library for developing rich Internet applications that use Ajax.Rico uses the Prototype Javascript Framework library and the JSON standard.- Features :... |
SmartClient SmartClient SmartClient is an Ajax framework created by Isomorphic Software. First released in 2001, SmartClient has been integrated into products from major software vendors including Informatica and Wily/CA, and has been deployed in thousands of enterprises... and SmartGWT |
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| XMLHttpRequest Ajax (programming) Ajax is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications... data retrieval |
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| JSON JSON JSON , or JavaScript Object Notation, is a lightweight text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange. It is derived from the JavaScript scripting language for representing simple data structures and associative arrays, called objects... data retrieval |
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| Drag and drop | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simple visual effects | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Animation / advanced visual effects |
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| Back button support / history management |
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| Input form widgets Web widget In computing a web widget is a software widget for the web. It's a small application that can be installed and executed within a web page by an end user. They are derived from the idea of code reuse. Other terms used to describe web widgets include: portlet, gadget, badge, module, webjit, capsule,... & validation |
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| Ample SDK Ample SDK Ample SDK is a lightweight JavaScript library intended to simplify cross-browser web application development. Although the Ample SDK allows you to do client-side scripting in a very similar way as jQuery and many other JavaScript libraries, its main purpose is to enable development of declarative... |
DHTMLX Dhtmlx DHTMLX is a JavaScript GUI widget library for building dynamic web applications with desktop-like user experience and Ajax data loading. The library is released under both open-source GNU General Public License and commercial licenses... |
Dojo Dojo Toolkit Dojo Toolkit is an open source modular JavaScript library designed to ease the rapid development of cross-platform, JavaScript/Ajax-based applications and web sites. It was started by Alex Russell, Dylan Schiemann, David Schontzler, and others in 2004 and is dual-licensed under the modified BSD... |
Echo3 | ExtJS Ext (javascript library) Ext JS is a JavaScript library for building interactive web applications using techniques such as Ajax, DHTML and DOM scripting.Originally built as an add-on library extension of YUI by Jack Slocum, Ext includes interoperability with jQuery and Prototype... |
Google Web Toolkit Google Web Toolkit Google Web Toolkit is an open source set of tools that allows web developers to create and maintain complex JavaScript front-end applications in Java. Other than a few native libraries, everything is Java source that can be built on any supported platform with the included GWT Ant build files... |
jQuery JQuery jQuery is a cross-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It was released in January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig... |
midori Midori Javascript Framework midori is a lightweight JavaScript library that aims to make JavaScript web development easier. It was created by Aycan Gulez.- Features :* DOM element selection using CSS selectors* Tabs* Drag and Drop* Effects* Pop-up menus... |
MochiKit MochiKit MochiKit is a light-weight JavaScript library written and maintained by Bob Ippolito.Inspired by the Python networking framework, Twisted, it uses the concept of deferred execution to allow asynchronous behaviour... |
MooTools MooTools MooTools is a lightweight, object-oriented, web-application framework for JavaScript, written in JavaScript. It is released under the free, open-source MIT License... |
Prototype Prototype Javascript Framework The Prototype JavaScript Framework is a JavaScript framework created by Sam Stephenson in February 2005 as part of the foundation for Ajax support in Ruby on Rails. It is implemented as a single file of JavaScript code, usually named prototype.js... & script. aculo.us Script.aculo.us script.aculo.us is a JavaScript library built on the Prototype JavaScript Framework, providing dynamic visual effects and user interface elements via the Document Object Model .... |
Pyjamas Pyjamas (software) Pyjamas is a tool and framework for developing Ajax applications in Python. It contains a stand-alone Python-to-JavaScript compiler, an Ajax framework and widget toolkit, and through use of these components, developers can write comprehensive applications, to run in all major web browsers, without... |
qooxdoo Qooxdoo qooxdoo is an open source Ajax web application framework. It is an LGPL- and/or EPL-licensed multipurpose framework that includes support for professional JavaScript development, a graphical user interface toolkit and high-level client-server communication.- Framework :qooxdoo is entirely... |
Rialto Toolkit Rialto Toolkit Rialto is a cross browser ajax based JavaScript widgets library. Because it is technology agnostic it can be encapsulated in JSP, JSF, Python, .Net or PHP graphic components.... |
Rico Rico (Ajax) Rico is an open source JavaScript library for developing rich Internet applications that use Ajax.Rico uses the Prototype Javascript Framework library and the JSON standard.- Features :... |
SmartClient SmartClient SmartClient is an Ajax framework created by Isomorphic Software. First released in 2001, SmartClient has been integrated into products from major software vendors including Informatica and Wily/CA, and has been deployed in thousands of enterprises... and SmartGWT |
SweetDEV RIA | YUI | ZK | ||
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| Hierarchical Tree Tree structure A tree structure is a way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form. It is named a "tree structure" because the classic representation resembles a tree, even though the chart is generally upside down compared to an actual tree, with the "root" at the top and the... |
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| Rich text editor Online rich-text editor An online rich-text editor is an interface for editing rich text within web browsers, which presents the user with a "what-you-see-is-what-you-get" editing area... |
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| Autocompletion Autocomplete Autocomplete is a feature provided by many web browsers, e-mail programs, search engine interfaces, source code editors, database query tools, word processors, and command line interpreters. Autocomplete involves the program predicting a word or phrase that the user wants to type in without the... tools |
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| HTML HTML HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.... generation tools |
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| Widgets themeable / skinnable | ||||||||||||||||||||
| GUI resizable panels and modal dialogs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mobile/tablet support (touch events) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessibility / graceful degradation |
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| ARIA WAI-ARIA is a draft technical specification published by the World Wide Web Consortium that specifies how to increase the accessibility of dynamic content and user interface components developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript and related technologies... compliant |
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| Cross-browser 2d Vector Graphics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ample SDK Ample SDK Ample SDK is a lightweight JavaScript library intended to simplify cross-browser web application development. Although the Ample SDK allows you to do client-side scripting in a very similar way as jQuery and many other JavaScript libraries, its main purpose is to enable development of declarative... |
DHTMLX Dhtmlx DHTMLX is a JavaScript GUI widget library for building dynamic web applications with desktop-like user experience and Ajax data loading. The library is released under both open-source GNU General Public License and commercial licenses... |
Dojo Dojo Toolkit Dojo Toolkit is an open source modular JavaScript library designed to ease the rapid development of cross-platform, JavaScript/Ajax-based applications and web sites. It was started by Alex Russell, Dylan Schiemann, David Schontzler, and others in 2004 and is dual-licensed under the modified BSD... |
Echo3 | ExtJS Ext (javascript library) Ext JS is a JavaScript library for building interactive web applications using techniques such as Ajax, DHTML and DOM scripting.Originally built as an add-on library extension of YUI by Jack Slocum, Ext includes interoperability with jQuery and Prototype... |
Google Web Toolkit Google Web Toolkit Google Web Toolkit is an open source set of tools that allows web developers to create and maintain complex JavaScript front-end applications in Java. Other than a few native libraries, everything is Java source that can be built on any supported platform with the included GWT Ant build files... |
jQuery JQuery jQuery is a cross-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It was released in January 2006 at BarCamp NYC by John Resig... |
midori Midori Javascript Framework midori is a lightweight JavaScript library that aims to make JavaScript web development easier. It was created by Aycan Gulez.- Features :* DOM element selection using CSS selectors* Tabs* Drag and Drop* Effects* Pop-up menus... |
MochiKit MochiKit MochiKit is a light-weight JavaScript library written and maintained by Bob Ippolito.Inspired by the Python networking framework, Twisted, it uses the concept of deferred execution to allow asynchronous behaviour... |
MooTools MooTools MooTools is a lightweight, object-oriented, web-application framework for JavaScript, written in JavaScript. It is released under the free, open-source MIT License... |
Prototype Prototype Javascript Framework The Prototype JavaScript Framework is a JavaScript framework created by Sam Stephenson in February 2005 as part of the foundation for Ajax support in Ruby on Rails. It is implemented as a single file of JavaScript code, usually named prototype.js... & script. aculo.us Script.aculo.us script.aculo.us is a JavaScript library built on the Prototype JavaScript Framework, providing dynamic visual effects and user interface elements via the Document Object Model .... |
Pyjamas Pyjamas (software) Pyjamas is a tool and framework for developing Ajax applications in Python. It contains a stand-alone Python-to-JavaScript compiler, an Ajax framework and widget toolkit, and through use of these components, developers can write comprehensive applications, to run in all major web browsers, without... |
qooxdoo Qooxdoo qooxdoo is an open source Ajax web application framework. It is an LGPL- and/or EPL-licensed multipurpose framework that includes support for professional JavaScript development, a graphical user interface toolkit and high-level client-server communication.- Framework :qooxdoo is entirely... |
Rialto Toolkit Rialto Toolkit Rialto is a cross browser ajax based JavaScript widgets library. Because it is technology agnostic it can be encapsulated in JSP, JSF, Python, .Net or PHP graphic components.... |
Rico Rico (Ajax) Rico is an open source JavaScript library for developing rich Internet applications that use Ajax.Rico uses the Prototype Javascript Framework library and the JSON standard.- Features :... |
SmartClient SmartClient SmartClient is an Ajax framework created by Isomorphic Software. First released in 2001, SmartClient has been integrated into products from major software vendors including Informatica and Wily/CA, and has been deployed in thousands of enterprises... and SmartGWT |
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| Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year... |
6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6 | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 5.5+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | 6+ | |
| Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. , Firefox is the second most widely used browser, with approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers... |
1+ | 1+ | 3+ | 1.5+ | 1.5+ | 1+ | 2+ | 1.5+ | 1.0.7, 1.5b2 | 2+ | 1.5+ | 1+ | 2+ | 1.5+ | 1+ | 1+ | 3+ | 2.0+ | ||
| Safari Safari (web browser) Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the... |
3+ | 2.0+ | 4 | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 2+ | 2.0.2 | 3+ | 2.0.4+ | 2+ | 3+ | 2.0.3 | 3+ | 3+ | 4.0 | 3+ | ||
| Opera Opera (web browser) Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by Opera Software with over 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent,... |
9.6+ | 9+ | 10 | 9+ | 9+ | 9+ | 9+ | 9+ | 8.5 | 9+ | 9.25+ | 9+ | 9+ | 9+ | 9+ | 9.21+, possibly earlier as well | 10.0+ | 9+ | ||
| Chrome Chromium (software) Chromium is an OpenGL implementation. Unlike other OpenGLimplementations, Chromium does not render the OpenGL command stream toa raster image in order to display on-screen... |
1+ | 1+ | 3 | 1+ | 3+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ (starting with 1.6.1RC3) | 2+ | 1+ | 2+ | ||||||||
External links
- Performance tests for different JavaScript Frameworks (Dojo, jQuery, Mootools, qooxdoo, Prototype, YUI), Jan 8, 2010
- jQuery vs Mootools by Aaron Newton, May, 2009
- Slashdot: jQuery compares favorably to MooTools
- Stack Overflow: jQuery vs. Prototype+Script.aculo.us and MooTools
- Dojo vs JQuery vs MooTools vs Prototype Performance Comparison (not up-to-date, outdated versions of YUI, jQuery and also Dojo Toolkit used)| Peter Velichkov's Blog - Jan 19, 2009
- Compare JavaScript frameworks - Ext JS, JQuery, MooTools
- JavaScript frameworks survey results | Kyle Hayes' Blog - Mar 29, 2009
- Which JavaScript libraries are most used on the most popular websites?