I was doing some research and came across a list of some Javascript frameworks. I have not been doing a whole lot of web development lately, but I have definitely been exposed to the pains of Javascript and the compatability problems it has across browsers. The idea of using a framework to start from that handle many of the incompatabilities and accelerates javascript coding sounds great to me. Eventually I'll pick up one (or a few) of these APIs and give them a run.

There are several popular Javascript API frameworks to choose from:

1. Prototype and Script.aculo.us
2. JQuery
3. Yahoo UI Library
4. ExtJS
5. Dojo
6. MooTools