Atlas - 280 North. jQuery: The Write Less, Do More, JavaScript Library. SproutCore. SproutCore: rich web apps in JavaScript, no Flash needed - Ars T. One session at last week's WWDC featured featured a JavaScript application framework called SproutCore, which has generated quite a bit of buzz since then. The framework was used by Apple to develop .Mac's Web Gallery feature and is likely being used to develop the web-based applications that are part of Apple's MobileMe service.
With Apple standing up for web standards—supporting standards in WebKit, working with W3C and WHATWG to develop next-gen standards, even remaking its web site in pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—SproutCore is being promoted by Apple as a recommended framework for creating rich, standards-based web applications that have a "native look-and-feel. " The developers at Sproutit originally came up with SproutCore, a complete framework for building rich Internet applications, because they wanted to rewrite their first application, Mailroom, to run completely via the browser. Apple's interest is more than just JavaScript, though. Cappuccino Web Framework - Build Desktop Class Applications in O.