A while ago I discovered a pretty amazing library for UI design written entirely in javascript. What surprised me though is how little attention it was getting. No, it’s not Prototype or Dojo - they get tons of attention. The javascript library I’m talking about is called QooxDoo.

First thing you’e probably saying is ‘Cooks what??’. Heres a snippet from their website stating just how to pronounce the name.

What impresses me most about this javascript is the superb UI it generates. It has most of what you need to develop a Web 2.0 application. It is still fairly early in its development, but the strength of the community behind it has made it come a long way. It has the ability for a windowing system, ajax communication, excellent menu system, event capture, themes, and much more than I could ever write in a day. I suggest you vist their website for a demo.

I’m currently learning more about how to use this script to generate a UI. I’ve also figured out how to integrate CPAINT with it to do ajax communication with my PHP scripts that do the talking to my postgres and mysql database.

I plan on working out a simple application like a contacts list just to show the power of this open source project. And yes. It is free. Qooxdoo uses the LGPL as their license.

So check it out.