JavaScript Workshop » Top 10 Web Tools for 2006

Published by a UK magazine giving you ideas of what to look out for in 2006.

1. Ajax - Asychronous JavaScript and XML, what everybody is talking about.
2. Flash - Emphasis on web development and animation make this a must!
3. Flex - Delivers programming and runtime services for rich internet apps.
4. Ruby on Rails - Middle ground between J2EE and PHP, and uses with Ajax.
5. ActionsScript 3 - Third incarnation of Flash's scripting language.
6. Atom API - IETF feed format standard with 20 million blogs.
7. JSON - (JavaScript Object Nation) Language independent text format.
8. Mint - PHP, MySQL and JavaScript used to monitor a website backend.
9. Rollyo - Personalized search engine that you can tie-in to your site
10. Writeboard - Online collaboration with shareable documents.