JavaScript toolkits, standards, etc.
not listed in any order AND only a SAMPLE
- Dojo http://dojotoolkit.org - usability, interface
- Rico http://openrico.org - drag and drop action, widgets
- Scriptaculous http://script.aculo.us - animation, drage and drop
- SACK http://www.twilightuniverse.com/projects/sack/ - AJAX code kit
- JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) - http://json.org - text format to exchange data, easier to manipulate as converts to JavaScript object.
- Direct Web Remoting (DWR) - http://directwebremoting.org/dwr/ - access Java on server from JavaScript on client.
- SWATO - https://swato.dev.java.net/doc/html/ - same as DWR
Many companies like Yahoo and Google provide AJAX apis