Reasonable Server Faces (RSF)
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Here is the short summary of RSF features: Pure-HTML templating, with a lightning-fast renderer, IKAT Build "components" using libraries of HTML rather than libraries of code. Both clients and framework use Spring for IoC throughout, no need to learn another file format or semantics. VERY lightweight, minimal and fast. Handles complete request lifecycle, but a fine-grained modularity allows you to plug in your favorite flow architecture (e.g. Spring Web Flow), your favorite persistence layer (e.g. Hibernate, iBatis). Ultra-lightweight component tree allows zero server state processing of requests, without closing the door to "heavy" persistent-component application styles. Pure bean programming model (like JSF, NO interfaces or base classes appear in your data model) Abstract component tree isolates view producers from the rendering technology. Default rendering system produces completely valid XHTML, as "accessible" as the template files you provide, which while requiring no JavaScript to operate, is extremely friendly to JavaScript and AJAX-rich development. * "Right first time" rendering gets URLs, styling and layout correct even in complex portal/multiple client environments. Includes a request scope application context (RSAC) both for clean request-scope programming free of ThreadLocals, as well as for request model. Highly modular architecture allows "take-it-or-leave-it" integration with RSF - use just the renderer standalone (like a much smarter Velocity), use the renderer plus request decoder, or use the whole framework with your favorite components plugged in. RSF itself built using Spring and RSAC, so even core components can be replaced by just editing a config file.
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- Dojo Toolkit
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Features include:
* Lightweight Ajax architecture
* Native support for Java, PHP and Classic ASP, and Coldfusion. Support for ASP.NET will be available in V1.1.
* Cross browser support, including Internet Explorer 6.0+, Netscape 7.1+, Mozilla 1.3+, Firefox, and Camino
* XML and CSS-based, making it easy to customize and extend
* Multi-mode operation--native Ajax support can be replaced with iFrame integration and traditional page-based navigation
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* Optional opacity effects
* Fully compliant keyboard support
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