A. jQuery vs. Other Technology
When it comes to JavaScript libraries, you won’t find one that’s more complete and intuitive than the jQuery library. But there may be times when you’ll be looking for specific functionality not provided by the jQuery group of JavaScript libraries. This appendix provides information on the popular libraries available.
Dojo: http://dojotoolkit.org
An extremely small and fast JavaScript library that supports DOM manipulation, events, effects, and animations.
Pros: Modules are individually loadable, giving you the ability to load only what you need to for any given web page. Supports AMD (Asynchronous Module Definition), which means that modules, including those by third parties supporting AMD, and the dependencies ...
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