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Respect! Such a cool little script!
wozza
wtf is with this obsession with javascript frameworks ?
mbrubeck
It's not a bad question, really. One reason is that JavaScript is the only popular language with no standard library.
diN0bot
not a bad question, though poorly (immaturely) articulated.

in addition to mbrubeck's comment, i'd say that javascript has grown from merely providing neat actions to webpages, to being model, view and controller.

at my startup we (er, the other developer) ported/mimic'd django's mvc to javascript. we're building a firefox extension, so this is particular critical as the extension must provide the full mvc for the "website."

edit: as a ff extension, our models are backed by sqlite files. in jester and kiwi are models objects? that is, are these frameworks purely for client-side applications, or for javascript-server stuff?

apgwoz
Client side and meant to be used with REST Apis on the server
rpbertp13
In Kiwi models are simply representations of server side resources.
rpbertp13
It's not an obsession, I wrote it because I needed something like this for my current work. I know there are quite of bunch of javascript frameworks out there, but the ones I looked at where either too huge or clunky, or didn't fit my needs. My intention was merely to share it with the community and propose the base for a hopefully collaborative project.
wenbert
Initial thoughts: This filled a void for me. I have been looking for something like this for a while now. I have had problems with organizing my Javascript code.

I will definitely try this out when I get home tonight. For now, off to the beach!

Thanks!

rpbertp13
Thanks to everyone for the comments!
nsm
this could really use a more cohesive documentation, say a simple example. I don't understand how to hook it up, my callbacks don't get called