16 Best JavaScript Frameworks in Chinese

1. AngularJS

This "superhero" JavaScript framework, funded by Google, is designed to make it easier to add dynamic content to HTML web pages. It is embeddable and extensible, and is compatible with a wide range of other development tools.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

2. Backbone.js

Backbone promises to add structure to your web applications. It is suitable for developing rich client-side applications and promises more freedom than some other JavaScript frameworks.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

3. Chaplin.js

Chaplin.js is a framework for Backbone.js applications. It aims to overcome some of the limitations faced by Backbone.js and help developers quickly build single-page web applications.

Supported operating systems: Windows and Linux

4. Crypton

This JavaScript framework is designed to protect users’ privacy. It lets developers build applications that encrypt all data stored on the server, without requiring users to become cryptography experts.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

5. Ember.js

Ember.js is used by organizations such as Groupon, LivingSocial, Yahoo, Zendesk and Square, and calls itself "a framework for building ambitious web applications." Its highlight is the automatically updated handlebars template, which allows developers to write less code when building new applications.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

6. Flight

Twitter developed this lightweight, event-driven JavaScript framework for use in its own web applications and made it open source to the world. It maps behaviors to DOM nodes.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

7. Grunt

This JavaScript task runner automates tasks such as minification, compilation, unit testing, and analysis. Users include Twitter, jQuery, Adobe, Mozilla, WordPress, Walmart, and other organizations.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

8. Hammer.js

Hammer.js is a JavaScript library that can be used to recognize touch and mouse gestures. It recognizes gestures such as drag, pinch, press, rotate, slide, and click by default, which is very useful for building web applications for mobile devices.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

9. jQuery

This popular JavaScript library simplifies HTML document manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax, claiming to have “changed the way millions of people write JavaScript.” Its backers include WordPress, Famo.us, and IBM.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

10. Meteor

Meteor promises to help users "build easy-to-use applications, faster than you can imagine." It claims that its reactive programming model allows web and mobile developers to accomplish tasks that would otherwise take 1,000 lines of code in 10 lines of code.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

11. Mojito

The Yahoo Cocktail is an MVC JavaScript application framework that runs on client browsers and in Node.js on the server. It includes numerous tools for local development, internationalization, localization, integrated unit testing, and device-specific rendering.

Supported operating systems: Linux

12. Node.js

This extremely popular framework allows developers to write server-side applications in JavaScript. It can be used to write scalable, data-intensive applications with real-time capabilities.

Supported operating systems: Windows, Linux, and OS X

13. Node-RED

Node-RED is based on Node.js and is a "visual tool for connecting the Internet of Things." It makes it easy to connect IoT devices, APIs, and online services to develop new products.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

14. Prototype

This JavaScript framework hopes to help developers build "ambitious web user interfaces." It aims to simplify development and help developers find better ways to get around Ajax and the DOM.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

15. SheetSee.js

If you want to connect Google Spreadsheet to a web application, SheetSee.js can meet this requirement. It also enables web applications to display data as tables, graphs or charts.

Supported operating systems: Independent of the operating system

16. Wakanda

This JavaScript framework aims to "eliminate the gap between business and IT" by making it easy to build and deploy applications. It has both free and paid versions.

Supported operating systems: Windows, Linux, and OS X