I spent days looking for new Javascript libraries and finally made a comprehensive list of almost all libs out there.
Prototype
Prototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.
Homepage: http://prototype.
Documentation:
http://blogs./jordan/pages/Prototype%20Library%20Info.htm
http://www./articles/prototype.js.html
http://wiki.script./scriptaculous/show/Prototype
Rico
Rico provides a very simple interface for registering Ajax request handlers as well as HTML elements or JavaScript objects as Ajax response objects. Multiple elements and/or objects may be updated as the result of one Ajax request.
Homepage: http:///rico/home.page
Documentation: http:///rico/docs.page
Demos: http:///rico/demos.page
MochiKit
MochiKit is a highly documented and well tested, suite of JavaScript libraries that will help you get things done, fast.
Homepage: http://www./
Documentation: http://www./doc/html/MochiKit/index.html
Demos: http://www./demos.html
Dojo Toolkit
Dojo is an Open Source toolkit that allows you to easily build dynamic capabilities into web pages and any other environment that supports JavaScript. Dojo provides components that let you make your sites more useable, responsive, and functional.
Homepage: http://www./
Documentation: http:///docs/
Demos: http:///examples/
Behaviour
Separate Structure (xhtml) from Behavior (javascript)
Homepage: http:///behaviour/
Solvent
The Solvent is a cross-browser AJAX application toolkit written in JavaScript. The Solvent is provided as modules or as an entire toolkit. The projects focus is to promote robust web applications and enable rapid web development.
Homepage: http:///projects/solvent/
Documentation: http:///docman/?group_id=144164
Moo.FX
moo.fx is a superlightweight, ultratiny, megasmall javascript effects library, written with prototype.js.
Homepage: http://moofx./
Demo: http://moofx./tests.html
AFLAX
A JavaScript Library for Macromedia抯 Flash?Platform. AFLAX is a method through which developers may use JavaScript and Flash together to create AJAX-type applications, but with a much richer set of vector drawing controls than are available in either Internet Explorer or FireFox. Developers using this library have access to the full range of Flash features, but without ever touching the Flash IDE.
Homepage: http://www.
WZ_DradDrop
A Cross-browser JavaScript DHTML Library which adds Drag Drop functionality to layers and to any desired image
Homepage: http://www./dragdrop/dragdrop_e.htm
WZ_jsGraphics
High Performance JavaScript Vector Graphics Library.
Homepage: http://www./jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm
overLIB
overLIB is a JavaScript library created to enhance websites with small popup information boxes (like tooltips) to help visitors around your website.
Homepage: http://www./web/overlib/
Documentation: http://www./web/overlib/?Documentation
Command reference: http://www./web/overlib/?Command_Reference
Scriptaculous
Javascript visual effects, togather with prototype.js
Homepage: http://script./
SACK
Simple AJAX Code-Kit
Homepage: http:///projects/sack/
Documentation: http:///projects/sack/docs.php
Sarissa
Sarissa is an ECMAScript library acting as a cross-browser wrapper for native XML APIs. It offers various XML related goodies like Document instantiation, XML loading from URLs or strings, XSLT transformations, XPath queries etc and comes especially handy for people doing what is lately known as 揂JAX?development.
Homepage: http://sarissa./doc/
Nifty Corners
A small library for making rounded corners with Javascript.
Homepage: http://pro./esempio/nifty/nifty1js.html
dp.SyntaxHighlighter
dp.SyntaxHighlighter is a free JavaScript library for source code syntax highlighting.
Homepage: http://www./SyntaxHighlighter/
Documentation: http://www./SyntaxHighlighter/Usage.aspx
Demo: http://www./SyntaxHighlighter/Examples.aspx
AJAX.NET
Michael Schwarz, a .NET developer in Germany has released the latest version of his Ajax .NET Wrapper. This class library simplifies the use of XMLHttp by providing .NET objects that generate the necessary Javascript code.
Homepage: http://weblogs./mschwarz/archive/2005/04/07/397504.aspx
TOXIC
Toxic is an AJAX toolkit, or framework, for creating rich web applications. It handles the tedious and repetetive tasks involved in integrating a client created using html and javascript with a server backend. It enables client side javascript to directly call class methods in PHP5 (or any other suitable language). It also enables the server side PHP to directly call client side javascript functions. Using Toxic you can get rid of much of the tedious work in form intensive rich web applications.
Homepage: http://www./view.php?id=40
Plex Toolkit
Open source feature-complete DHTML GUI toolkit and AJAX framework based on a Javascript/DOM implementation of Macromedia抯 Flex technology. Uses the almost identical markup language to Flex embedded in ordinary HTML documents for describing the UI. Binding is done with Javascript.
Homepage: http://www./
AjaxAC
AjaxAC is an open-source framework written in PHP, used to develop/create/generate AJAX applications. The fundamental idea behind AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript And XML) is to use the XMLHttpRequest object to change a web page state using background HTTP sub-requests without reloading the entire page.
Homepage: http://ajax.
CPaint
CPAINT (Cross-Platform Asynchronous INterface Toolkit) is a multi-language toolkit that helps web developers design and implement AJAX web applications with ease and flexibility.
Homepage: http://cpaint./
Docs: http://cpaint./doc/
DOM-Drag
DOM-Drag is a lightweight, easy to use, dragging API for modern DHTML browsers.
Homepage: http://www./2001/domdrag/
Tutorials: http://www./2001/domdrag/tutorial
Demo: http://www./2001/domdrag/examples
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Tibet
Enterprise Class AJAX
Homepage: http://www./ajax.htm
Zimbra
Rubust AJAX framework
Homepage: http://www.
Documentation: http://www./products/documentation.html
Demo: http://www./products/hosted_demo.php
qooxdoo
qooxdoo is an advanced open-source javascript based toolkit. qooxdoo continues where simple HTML is not enough anymore. This way qooxdoo can help you to get your rich web application interface done - easier than ever before.
Homepage: http://qooxdoo.oss.
Documentation: http://qooxdoo.oss./section/documentation
Demo: http://qooxdoo.oss./counter/refer.php?id=5
AJFORM
AJFORM is a JavaScript toolkit which simply submits data from any given form in an HTML page, then sends the data to any specified JavaScript function. AJFORM degrades gracefully in every aspect. In other words, if the browser doesn抰 support it, the data will be sent through the form as normal.
Homepage: http:///brendon/ajform/
ThyApi
ThyAPI is an api to allow the developement of better user interfaces for web applicaticions, Using javascript and Ajax, it allows a complete visual interface definition using CSS and encapsulates all objects data manipulateion.
Homepage: http:///projects/thyapi/
Engine
Engine for Web Applications is an application framework for client-side development and Web applications. It provides an environment in which to develop and run JavaScript components and applications.
Homepage: http://www./projects/engine/
Documentation: http://www./projects/engine/api/engine_api.html
AJAXGear Toolkit
It is a toolkit that allows you to take advantage of the client-side technique known as AJAX. AJAX is shorthand for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It uses the XMLHttpRequest object to allow a Web browser to make asynchronous call to the Web server without the need to refresh the whole page.
Homepage: http://www.
OSFlash - Flashjs
The Flash JavaScript Integration Kit allows developers to get the best of the Flash and HTML worlds by enabling JavaScript to invoke ActionScript functions, and vice versa.
Homepage: http://www./doku.php?id=flashjs
Documentation: http://www./developer/flash/jscommunication/
Interactive Website Framework
A framework for creating highly interactive websites using javascript, css, xml, and html. Includes a custom xml parser for highly readable javascript. Essentially, all the plumbing for making AJAX-based websites, with js-based GUI toolkit.
Homepage: http:///projects/iwf/
RSLite
RSlite is an extremely lightweight implementation of remote scripting which uses cookies. It is very widely browser-compatible (Opera!) but limited to single calls and small amounts of data.
Homepage: http://www./rs/main.htm
Demo: http://www./rs/techniques.htm
XHConn
XMLHTTP is a technology with which a developer can access external resources over HTTP from a static web page without ever having to reload the page itself. This library is meant to simplify and unify the code necessary to successfully send and receive simple data via XMLHTTP.
Homepage: http:///code/javascript/XHConn/
Bindows
With Bindows?you can develop fully functional desktop applications in a web page, without any plugins.
Homepage: http://www.
Documentation: http://www./documentation/tutorials/
Demo: http://www./documentation/samples/
Taconite
Taconite is a framework that simplifies the creation of Ajax enabled Web applications. It抯 a very lightweight framework that automates the tedious tasks related to Ajax development, such as the creation and management of the XMLHttpRequest object and the creation of dynamic content.
Homepage: http://taconite./
Documentation: http://taconite./docs/jsdocs/index.html
Demo: http://taconite./examples.html
