HTML5 frameworks and tools?

Question

If you were starting to build a relatively complex HTML5 app (for the iPad), what tools and frameworks would you look at using to make your life easier?

SproutCore looked like it might be useful if you could just use the front end UI on its own, but it has to be used with the Ruby server, which is no use to me.

Are there any libs like jQuery that simplify all the multitouch stuff?

Answer 1

I know that this is an old thread, but i would just like to add that sproutcore is entirely backend agnostic. It is in no way tied to a ruby server or any other specific backend.

Also, Sproutcore has very good touch support. Check out http://blog.sproutcore.com/post/531215199/introducing-sproutcore-touch