My framework, VVED, Very Versatile Electronic Document is the culmination of about 6 years work. Its basically the core of a pure javascript game engine, but you can use it to make pages too.

Also, you might want to check out http://ui.jquery.com/ if you haven’t already, to see some of the fancier demos of what you can do with javascript, and simply with jQuery

(I’m a convert!)

If you’re like me and having constant issues accessing their regular site http://docs.jquery.com/ load your browser to http://visualjquery.com/ which is an alternative to the documentation.

I find it bizarre, that for such an awesome framework that is used so much that it appears to be quite limited in its documentation and that its own site doesn’t have the feeling of being streamlined. Some of these really popular plugins have 0-5 ratings so it seems like its not a hub of activity when it is. Anyways. It rocks.

Nice post. I too have been leary about JS frameworks because I figure I can do it myself, but you make same valid points. Maybe I should set my pride aside and look into a framework.

Thanks Scott. You wouldn’t believe how hard it was for me to put the keyboard aside and let jQuery do some typing for me. It is a battle that I’m glad my ego lost though, it lets me concentrate on what I love — innovating interfaces.

@Bobby

Glad you’ve joined my on the jQuery bandwagon — the jquery.form.js plugin is an absolute godsend… I don’t think I’ll ever have to write another HttpRequest object again.

Thanks for writing this post Luke as I was reluctant to fully see the power of this amazing and lightweight package.

I have been implementing all week since we spoke last and am finding it a real treat to finally see my application going AJAX.

There are some teething issues though, I’ve yet to fully get AJAX form submitting happening. But as far as getting dynamic content up in a fancy manner with jQuery is a breeze.