Evaluation and comparison of Ajax Frameworks regarding applicability, productivity and technical limitations

For some years the Internet has been dominated by phrases like Web 2.0 and Ajax. The catchword Web 2.0, which was originally established by O’Reilly at the first Web 2.0 conference in October 2004, not only describes a new way of perception and usage of the internet (e.g. social software like blogs, wikis, etc.), but also stands for more or less innovative techniques as for instance RSS or Ajax. The latter is a combination of techniques that have been available since the late 1990s, such as JavaScript, asynchronous requests and XML. However, the term Ajax only exists since Jesse James Garret introduced it in his article in February 2005. Since then Ajax has experienced a real hype. Google Mail, Google Maps or Flickr just serve as examples for the mass of applications that have to attribute their success substantially to Ajax. ...