Spry framework

The Spry Framework is an open source Ajax framework developed by Adobe Systems which is used in the construction of Rich Internet applications.^[1] Unlike other pure JavaScript frameworks such as the Dojo Toolkit and Prototype, Spry is geared towards web designers, not web developers. On August 29, 2012, Adobe announced that it will 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 Google's Xpath JavaScript library to convert XML into JavaScript objects. It can handle XML, HTML and JSON data.
Spry Widgets - framework for development of widgets, and included widgets such as the accordion.

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]

The Spry framework is directly integrated into Adobe Systems's Dreamweaver CS3.^[3]^[4]

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 Rails offers similar functionality.
Ajax application generation from Adobe Flex code. OpenLaszlo will offer similar functionality with their "Legals" release (version 4).

Spry competes with a number of other Ajax frameworks and toolkits:

Dialects

Client-side	Ample SDK Chaplin.js Dojo Echo Ext JS Google Web Toolkit jQuery Lively Kernel midori MochiKit MooTools Prototype Pyjamas qooxdoo Rialto Rico script.aculo.us SmartClient SproutCore Spry Wakanda Framework YUI Library

Server-side	AppJet Jaxer Node.js WakandaDB

Multiple	Cappuccino Objective-J PureMVC

Libraries	Backbone.js SWFObject SWFAddress Underscore.js

People

Other

Web frameworks

Comparison

CLI	ASP.NET Core AJAX Dynamic Data MVC Razor Web Forms BFC MonoRail OpenRasta Umbraco

ColdFusion	CFWheels ColdBox Platform ColdSpring Fusebox Mach-II Model-Glue

Common Lisp	Caveman2 CL-HTTP UnCommon Web Weblocks

C++	CppCMS Wt

D	Vibe.d

Haskell	Happstack Yesod Snap

Java	AppFuse Flexive Grails GWT ICEfaces ItsNat JavaServer Faces JHipster Jspx JWt OpenXava Play Reasonable Server Faces Remote Application Platform RIFE Seam Spring Stripes Struts Tapestry Vaadin Vert.x WebWork Wicket WaveMaker ZK

JavaScript	Ample SDK AngularJS Backbone.js Chaplin.js Closure Dojo Toolkit Ember.js Ext JS jQuery Meteor MooTools Node.js Prototype React Rico script.aculo.us Sencha Touch SproutCore Wakanda

Perl	Catalyst Dancer Mason Maypole Mojolicious WebGUI

PHP	CakePHP CodeIgniter Fat-Free FuelPHP Gyroscope Horde Kohana Laravel Lithium Midgard MODX Nette Framework Phalcon PRADO Qcodo Silex SilverStripe Symfony TYPO3 Xaraya XOOPS Yii Zend Framework

Python	BlueBream CherryPy Django Flask Grok Nevow Pyjs Pylons Pyramid Quixote TACTIC Tornado TurboGears web2py Webware Zope 2

Ruby	Camping Merb Padrino Ruby on Rails Sinatra

Scala	Lift Play Scalatra

Smalltalk	AIDA/Web Seaside

Other languages	Application Express (PL/SQL) Grails (Groovy) Kepler (Lua) OpenACS (Tcl) SproutCore (JavaScript/Ruby) Yaws (Erlang)

Suites	Creative Cloud (Creative Suite) eLearning Suite Technical Communication Suite

Desktop	Animate Acrobat After Effects Brackets Edge Code Edge Reflow Digital Editions Director Dreamweaver FrameMaker FreeHand Flash Player Flex Builder GoLive Illustrator InDesign Media Encoder Media Player Muse PageMaker Photoshop Photoshop Lightroom Premiere Pro Reader Shockwave Player

Server	LiveCycle Flash Media Server BlazeDS ColdFusion JRun PhoneGap Build

Technologies

Web services

People

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