Spry framework
Adobe Systems | |
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Final release | 1.6.1
/ April 25, 2008 |
Repository | |
Written in | Web application framework |
License | MIT |
Website | https://github.com/adobe/Spry |
The Spry Framework is an
web designers, not web developers. On August 29, 2012, Adobe announced that it would no longer continue development of Spry and handed it over to the community on GitHub.[2]
Components
The Spry framework broadly consists of
- Spry Effects - animation effects like blind, fade, grow, highlight, shake, slide and squish.
- Spry Data - data binding to HTML markup using minimal code or proprietary markup. Spry uses data.
- Spry Widgets - framework for development of widgets, and included widgets such as the accordion.
Versions
Spry is currently in beta. The current version is 1.6.1. Spry prerelease 1.5 was released on May 17, 2007
On August 29, 2012, Adobe announced that they would discontinue investing in Spry, focusing on jQuery instead.[2]
Usage
The Spry framework is directly integrated into
There is further speculation as to how Adobe will utilize the Spry codebase. Possible uses are:
- Ajax development within an IDE such as Eclipse (software).
- Ajax generation from server code using ColdFusion. Ruby on Railsoffers similar functionality.
- Ajax application generation from Adobe Flex code. OpenLaszlowill offer similar functionality with their "Legals" release (version 4).
Competitors
Spry competes with a number of other Ajax frameworks and toolkits:
- Atlas Framework from Microsoft
- Ext JS
- Dojo Toolkit
- Echo
- Google Web Toolkit
- jQuery
- MooTools
- M and Script.aculo.us
- YUI Library
See also
- Ajax framework
References
- ^ Darryl K. Taft (2006-05-11). "Adobe Adds Spry Framework for AJAX". eWeek. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ Adobe Systems. Archived from the originalon 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Jim Dalrymple (2007-03-27). "Dreamweaver CS3 integrates Spry framework for Ajax". Macworld. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ Dreamweaver product page - reasons to upgrade