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Easy to use AJAX framework that uses messages to control AJAX requests - provides message queue, XSLT, XPath, encryption (SHA1, MD5), web service access (SOAP, XMLRPC), JSON-RPC, cross browser AJAX, AJAX history and cache control.

Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) is an end-to-end J2EE framework that simplifies development by providing out of the box infrastructure services and a visual and declarative development experience.

OpenXava is a full-stack framework for developing database-backed web applications, like Ruby on Rails, but OpenXava produces standard J2EE / JavaEE applications that can be deployed and any standard Java Application Server (or standard Java Portal).

OpenXava has been created by Java developers (who need developing Java Enterprise applications in a productive way) for their own use; hence it's powerful, extensible and enjoyable by a Java expert.

On the other hand OpenXava allows to a new Java developer to start rapidly to be productive, therefore is a pleasant experience for beginners too.

Jeremy Geelan asked for Omissions to his list, and I would like to add a product called Novulo.

Novulo is the award winning Visual Web Development solution for rapidly building and easily deploying AJAX-based web applications.

Novulo allows you to build web applications, starting with the user interface, the real screens that customers are going to use.

We generate the application from the user interface, and deploy them automatically on any LAMP or WAMP server.

Anyone her know when Zoop will come back online?

Makumba is a query-centric technology designed by BEST that helps you to rapidly develop web applications that keep their data in a database (i.e. data driven web applications).

It is implemented in Java and offers a JSP tag library and a Java API to the web app developer. The technology has been in use since late 2001, and is being further developed, based on users' experience and requests.

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

Developed and used over two years by a fast-moving online-news operation, Django was designed to handle two challenges: the intensive deadlines of a newsroom and the stringent requirements of the experienced Web developers who wrote it. It lets you build high-performing, elegant Web applications quickly.

DotNetNuke is a free, Open Source Framework ideal for creating Enterprise Web Applications. It is an open source web application framework ideal for creating, deploying and managing interactive web, intranet and extranet sites.

A Python equivalent of the Google Web Toolkit. Build AJAX apps in Python (like Google did for Java).

If you want a peek into the future of RIAs (rich Internet applications), take a look at Tabblo (tabblo.com). The model that Tabblo has set into motion for photographers -- both amateur and professional -- will soon be adopted by enterprise IT to empower its user base.

GWT-REST is an asynchronous RESTful client implementation for GWT.

GWT-REST can be used alongside GWT-RPC or as a replacement for it. The intent is to provide a drop-in solution for communicating with REST web services that may or may not be implemented in Java.

A set of generic interfaces is provided along with implementations for JSON and Rails in this first release.

So is this about Rails versus Grails or Ruby versus Groovy or C versus Java?

If you're interested in Ruby on Rails and how you can use it to build sexy rich Internet applications, then you should join the Ruby on Rails RIA mailing list at Google Group. Here's the link: http://groups.google.com/group/adobe-rubyonrails-ria-sdk

Rails has zero enterprise penetration, let's put that out there right now. Grails on the other hand has enterprise penetration and is only growing.

Grails is an open-source web application framework that leverages the Groovy language and complements Java Web development. You can use Grails as a standalone development environment that hides all configuration details or integrate your Java business logic.

OpenJFX is the site where development of various parts of JavaFX is happening in the open.

For example, the compiler that is being written for JavaFX Script is being developed at the OpenJFX site, so that developers interested in trying out the early versions can grab the latest copy for themselves and even pitch in with suggestions and feedback for the development group.

Thinlet is a complete GUI toolkit for J2SE and Personal Profile (e.g. J9 VM for Pocket PCs). The new version is completely redesigned from ground up, currently only a very early alpha version is available to introduce its main features.

Helmi's Open Source RIA Platform permits client- and server-side engineers to work independently while communicating effectively through an object-oriented environment.

Today's end users demand the rich, highly interactive experience that is the promise of Web 2.0. At the core of this experience are high performance applications powered by Rich Internet Application (RIA) and Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) technologies.

Project Zero, an IBM incubator project, is an agile development and execution environment which leverages REST and scripting runtimes to speed and simplify development and deployment of dynamic Web applications. Project Zero includes a scripting runtime for Groovy and PHP with application programming interfaces optimized for producing REST-style services, integration mash-ups and rich Web interfaces.

XUI is a Java and XML RIA platform for building smart apps. Swing, AWT and other widget sets can be used on a range of hardware. XUI's modular framework can help many aspects of application development.

Ariaware RIA Frameworks is an Open-Source Best-Practices Pattern-Based Framework for Flash & Flex-based RIA Development.