qooxdoo vs sproutcore?

Question

I am totally confused as too which of these two frameworks to learn. Most of the comparsons are between sproutcore and cappuccino or qooxdoo vs jquery. If the criteria is a JS framework that: 1. builds desktop like web apps 2. offers the ability to also build web apps for smartphones.

Which would you choose between these two frameworks and why?

Regards

Answer 1

KKj, I'd suggest you take some time to make yourself familiar with each framework. Depending on what kind of apps you like to create, I could well imagine that both are up for the task. IMHO qooxodo is the more comprehensive and mature framework, but of course being involved in qooxdoo I'm biased.

In general, creating desktop-style apps as well as web apps for smartphones are two requirements that aren't easily covered by a single framework. Usually there are tradeoffs in that you cannot just use all the features a framework offers for complex desktop apps now in a mobile environment. qooxdoo and Sproutcore have started to look into incorporating mobile-specific features, but I'd say for them (and others) there is still quite some way to go. Targeting fully featured desktop applications, you could start right away:

• Try the qooxdoo hello world
• Learn from the qooxdoo app tutorial

There is an (somewhat older) article about Popular JavaScript Framework Libraries: qooxdoo and SproutCore that you might find useful. qooxdoo is also at the Comparison of JavaScript frameworks at Wikipedia, Sproutcore unfortunately isn't. If you have some more specific questions, feel free to ask the qooxdoo community via the qooxdoo mailinglist. HTH.