Putting AJAX Frameworks to the Test

Putting AJAX Frameworks to the Test: "Putting AJAX Frameworks to the Test
Get a developer's assessment of how well the most popular non-commercial AJAX frameworks performed during the development of a dynamic application.

by Edmon Begoli
December 5, 2006

Not so long ago, developers had to work directly with the XMLHTTPRequest object or use some very rudimentary libraries to get any AJAX work done. When I wrote my first article about AJAX on DevX in June of 2005, the technology was still in its infancy. Today, at least a dozen freely available AJAX frameworks offer features that can help developers accomplish even the most complicated tasks."