00847nas a2200181   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260005000043100001900093700002100112700001400133700002200147700001400169700001300183245004800196300001200244520040900256       2014                            d  bSpringer International Publishing Switzerland1 aAdam Domański1 aJoanna Domańska1 aS. Chmiel1 aAndrzej Kwiecień1 aPiotr Gaj1 aP. Stera00aJavaScript Frameworks and Ajax Applications  a57–683 aJava Script frameworks are useful in the development of interactive web pages. Ajax technology supports a dialog with the WWW server. This article compares performance and functionality of the Ajax libraries for major Web browsers. The size of the libraries, their load time and execution time is compared. The article also evaluates the Document Object Model(DOM) support provided by selected libraries.