PUBLIC MARKS from amyrussell with tags frameworks & javascript

Dietrich's post on the depressing state of IE develpment tools got me to thinking about the generally wonderful state of JavaScript tooling. Compared to just a few short years ago, we've got a wealth of productivity-enhancing browser add-ons, TDD frameworks and static-analysis tools at our disposal - most of them open-source. For those who want to get their hands dirty writing POJ, this is a golden era.

With complete and mature browser-side Ajax frameworks out there like Dojo, why should you even consider something small and comparatively new like VegUI? The reason is that thos frameworks aren't as complete and mature as you think they are. At this stage of the Ajax technology lifecycle, variety is the spice of life. If we had all settled on Prototype, we would have never gotten JQuery.