Free Rich Internet Application Frameworks

Web applications are becoming more and more similar to full fledged applications. Many applications look, feel and work just like a complete app, but are run from an internet browser. In order to build such applications, a developer needs to use rich internet application frameworks. Here they are!

1. Google Web Toolkit

This is the official open source project for GWT 2.5 releases and above. It is pronounced as GWIT.

2. ZK

This is an open source Java framework for building web applications.

3. Adobe Flex

Flex is a highly productive, open source application framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and devices. It provides a modern, standards-based language and programming model that supports common design patterns suitable for developers from many backgrounds. (Official Website)

4. OpenLaszlo

This is one of the best known write once, run anywhere web application frameworks available.

5. Vaadin

This is another well known Java-based web application framework.

6. Mono Moonlight

Vaadin is a Java framework for building modern web applications that look great, perform well and make you and your users happy.
by: HONORE HAGUMA