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Written by Alex T. Silverstein   

Here's a bunch of the best open-source JavaScript libraries on the Web. JavaScript is a key part of AJAX, and AJAX is a key second and third-generation Web technology (I won't use the buzzword you know I'm thinking of).

I recently emailed this list to a colleague who mentioned that JavaScript can be a bit awkward to deal with, especially coming from the .NET or C/C++ world. These free code libraries will indeed help, as most of them provide a standard or codified syntax for dealing with the Document Object Model (DOM), AJAX, XML, and other key technologies, especially across the browsers. Enjoy!

They are:

http://www.prototypejs.org – nice syntax and easy AJAX, plus object-oriented framework as well

http://jquery.com/ -- improved DOM access, plus same as above

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/ -- YUI – also similar and popular, by Yahoo!

http://script.aculo.us/ -- awesome library of visual animation functions

http://asp.net/ajax/documentation/live/ClientReference/default.aspx
  -- Microsoft’s JavaScript & AJAX client-side library (part of the AJAX.ASP.NET framework http://www.asp.net/ajax/ )

http://www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/ -- ASP.NET AJAX control toolkit – many free controls for use in ASP.NET which do cool things on the client side

Anyway, hope you find these helpful as you work more with JavaScript!
 

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