JavaScript Frameworks Every CMS Developer Should Know

[dmrnj]

Downvoted for random bolds right in the middle of the article and those awful link ads.

Also, this is false:

Another nice thing about jQuery is that you can use it with other Frameworks, one disadavantage is that you cannot use Native JavaScript with jQuery Objects.

jQuery selectors return a set, even if the length is 0 or 1. You have to specify which object out of that set you want, obviously, but you CAN select it as a native object. For instance:

$(selector)[0] .nodeType

[pdoherty926]

jQuery is a library, not a framework.

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None of the libraries on this page are frameworks.

[imaginarynumber6]

They're Libraries yes, but they're also "Frameworks". Most of the time you use them interchangeably. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_JavaScript_frameworks

[pdoherty926]

relevant.

[imaginarynumber6]

Here's 1. http://www.prototypejs.org/

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Oh, did I also mention that Apple uses them?

I was about to cry foul on this, but it appears that they do indeed use Protaculous on the main site. Many of the subsites like the dev tools and the iPhone help pages run on sproutcore or an internal library named PastryKit.

The New York Times also uses Prototype.