Ajax Frameworks

As you've seen, the code for Ajax applications can get complicated and long. However, there is a fair amount of code that is common to many Ajax applications. Creating a request object, for example, occurs in every Ajax application.

Ajax frameworks do a great deal of the work for you. Frameworks exist for handling XML, achieving common interface effects such as drag and drop, and working with numerous server-side languages. Here is a list of some of the most commonly used frameworks, separated into categories based on the server-side languages they work with. All the frameworks are free, or have a free version, unless otherwise specified. This is just a sample of available frameworks. See http://ajaxpatterns.org/Ajax_Frameworks ...

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