Javascript Libraries for Designers with Ryan Jeffords and Doug Boude

JavaScript Libraries

Like a Swiss-army knife. Allow you to write JavaScript quicker, easier and better. They do not replace JavaScript, they extend it. Extremely light-weight and cross-platform compliant. Most are open source.

Help to design an experience. Used to prototype and indicate JS functionality. They are used for page searching and modification, CSS and DOM organization, handle events, animations, transitions and AJAX (get and submit data without page reload).

Core Libraries and UI Libraries, many are considered hybrids.