What is more viable to use? Javascript libraries or UI Programming tools?
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What is more viable to use:-
Javascript Libraries: YUI, jQuery, ExtJs
OR
UI Programming tools: GWT, ExtGWT, SmartGWT
It has become very difficult to choose between them as they are constantly increasing their capabilities to meet newer requirements.
We all know the power of jQuery in UI manipulations. The latest news from Microsoft about jQuery being officially part of .Net developr’s toolkit will definitely make jQuery a preferred choice against other JavaScript libraries [See link: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/09/28/jquery-and-microsoft.aspx].
But on the other hand, GWT is building a framework which could be used on client as well as on the sever side. This is definitely going to make developers’ life easy as it does not require developer to be an expert in browser quirks, XMLHttpRequest, and JavaScript in order to develop high-performance web applications. It includes SDK (Java API libraries, compiler, and development server which allows to write client-side applications in Java and deploy them as JavaScript), Speed Tracer and plug-in for Eclipse. GWT is used by many products like Google Wave and AdWords.
So question is still un-answered, what is more viable to use? Any thoughts?
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