Prototype the most popular Ajax framework across Java, .NET, & Rails communities

Posted by Floyd Marinescu on Sep 27, 2006 09:12 AM

Community

.NET,

Ruby,

Java

Topics

Rich Internet Apps

Tags

AJAX ,

Prototype ,

Dojo ,

Scriptaculous ,

DWR

According to recently released survey results from Ajaxian.com, prototype is the most popular ajax framework in use, by a large margin (45%), followed by Scriptaculous (which is built on prototype), Dojo came 3rd (19%).  5th and 6th were DWR (12%) and moo.fx (11%).

Backend platforms were also surveyed, with PHP (50%) the most used for Ajax, followed by Java (37%), .NET (16%), and Rails (14%).  Interestingly, 25% of respondents are doing direct HTTPXMLRequest with no remoting frameworks.

The raw results let you filter by answers, allowing us to see what frameworks people chose who also said that they use a specific back-end.  Using that tool, InfoQ did some filtering to uncover that the Java, .NET, and Ruby communities each were using the following top frameworks (sorted by proportion):

• Java: Prototype (35.2%), DWR (31.2%), and Dojo (28.6%).  GWT was at 7.2%.   22% do direct XMLHTTPRequest.
  
• .NET:  Prototype (32.4%), MS Atlas (27.2%), Dojo (17.6%), AJAX.NET professional (14%).    37% do direct XMLHTTPRequest.
• Rails: Prototype (74.8%),  Dojo (20.2%).  Interestingly, 67.2% use Scriptaculous for effects. Only 16% do direct XMLHTTPRequest.

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   Good Survey

   Sep 28, 2006 1:52 AM by Narendiran Dorairaj

   This piece of info has made me probe into other frameworks available....and what the rest of the world is using more....good piece of info... thanks

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   Re: Good Survey

   Sep 28, 2006 10:39 AM by Floyd Marinescu

   I find it interesting that .NET developers are doing manual ajax by such a larger audience. Come now people, use a framework. :)

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   Interesting

   Jan 11, 2008 1:01 AM by mikael bergkvist

   Interesting piece. If you ever take a look at the ones existing on the fringe, then maybe frameworks like http://www.widgetplus.com would fit?

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