[Ldsoss] Laslo vs Flex vs GWT vs ?

[Richard K Miller]

On Jan 5, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Jay Askren wrote:

> I know there are a lot of web developers out there.  I'm looking  
> into the various AJAX frameworks out there and was wondering if  
> someone could give me a run down of the advantages/disadvantages of  
> the various frameworks.  I know of Laslo, Flex, and GWT.  I believe  
> these are all major players in the AJAX world.  Are there other  
> major players I'm missing?  Is there any agreement over which is  
> better than another?  Thanks.
>

Laszlo and Flex aren't really AJAX solutions.  They both produce code  
that runs on the Flash plugin, Flex being the product from Adobe/ 
Macromedia and Laszlo the open source alternative.  It might be  
better to call these "AFAX" since they require Flash instead of  
Javascript.

GWT, on the other hand, is an AJAX library for Java that frees you  
from writing any Javascript; it generates the Javascript for you.   
Ruby on Rails and some of the PHP frameworks have similar features.   
GWT is like DWR (http://getahead.ltd.uk/dwr/), which is also for Java.

YUI, Prototype, Dojo, and Rico are open source Javascript toolkits  
which you can use with any server-side language.

For more info on these toolkits see http://www.infoworld.com/article/ 
06/07/31/31FEajax_1.html

www.ajaxian.com also has lots of info on toolkits and frameworks.

Richard