We are evaluating building a complex javascript / ajax web app.<p>What is the general opinion on HN on the above libraries? Google Closure hardly gets any mention so want to know if there are any developers out there who use Closure and what has been the experience?<p>Any other suggestions (backbone?) are also welcome
They both provide pretty much the same features, but jQuery has had more time and exposure so It is 'probably' a tad more stable.<p>With regard to backbone and the like it really all depends on your ppl resources. If you want corp support you can forget about it. Sencha's ExtJs might be a better fit.<p>Also note that backbone and almost all the wonderful modules out there haven't even reached 1.0. It is perhaps this that makes Googles offering compelling as they use this internally and relies on a stable API/codebase.<p>For the record, I am a big backbone, coffeescript fan.
Thanks everyone for the comments. Found a relating discussion on Stack Overflow too: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1690197/what-does-google-closure-library-offer-over-jquery" rel="nofollow">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1690197/what-does-google-...</a>