What is a good Very-High level UI framework for JavaScript?

Question

I need to write a temporary Web-based graphical front-end for a custom server system. In this case performance and scalability aren\'t issues, since at most 10 people may ch

Answer 1

As it hasn't been mentioned yet: jQuery.UI

Answer 2

Out of all the JS frameworks out there, JQuery and YUI are my favorites. They accomplish a lot of the same but in very different ways.

For your request (lazy, easy, and powerful) I would vote JQuery. If this is something that will be more long term and more of an application that is very verbose and code heavy, I would vote YUI.

I really don't think there is anything out there that is better than these two frameworks. Either choice is a good one.

Answer 3

See also this question

What are alternatives to ExtJS?

It's 2016

1. Polymer
2. http://angular-ui.github.io/

Here is a few (old) ones

1. ampleSDK (interesting approach)
2. DojoToolkit and their nice set of widgets
3. jQuery UI
4. Cappuccino
5. rialto
6. Echo
7. Simple UI kit UKI see demo
8. vaadin (Requires Java)
9. jxlib.org
10. livepipe.net
11. dhtmlx.com

Answer 4

Am I I missing something, isn't bootstrap the defacto go to choice ?

Also, and rather cooler, google's polymer yet ... based on web components :

https://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/

Answer 5

Sproutcore would be a good choice.

If you're unfamiliar with it you might find that the time required to learn the basics is too long for throw-away code but once you've got the basics down it's quite quick to develop with.

Answer 6

ExtJs, Bindows, YUI. First two are commercial but worth the money.