Open Source AJAX toolkits

twofish writes "InfoWorld columnist Peter Wayner recently reviewed six of the most popular "open source" Ajax toolkits. The article sets out to see if they are enterprise ready in comparison to commercial products such Backbase, JackBe, and Tibco's General Interface. The six open source projects covered were selected because each has a high-profile in the developer community and support of one or more stable organizations. "

The toolkits covered are:

1. Dojo
2. Google Web Toolkit
3. Microsoft Atlas
4. Open Rico and Prototype
5. Yahoo AJAX Library
6. Zimbra Kabuki AJAX Toolkit

Whilst the definition of open source is broad, the round-up is quite helpful.

Huh?

[LaughingCoder]

... support of one or more stable organizations.

Why do we care what horse-breeders think? I mean since when have they been the technical thought-leaders?

Spelling mistake in Summary

[HugePedlar]

"Whilst the definition of open source is broad, the round-up is quite helpful."

Hemos appears to have misspelt "incorrect" as "broad".

Bravo

[Anonymous Coward]

"Even the programmers are heavy"

Well said.

Re:Java != Javascript

[SanityInAnarchy]

I'm just the opposite. Java is just a bastardized C++, which is a beyond-bastardized C. JavaScript is a real language -- it's a bit like Ruby, kind of a Lisp in C's clothing.