How to Create a Simple Web App Using JavaScript UI Library

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  • three.js

    JavaScript 3D Library.

  • Animation. You are creative, and you want your site to grab users' attention at first sight. JavaScript is there for you. With modern frameworks and libraries, such as Three.js,Anime.js,Mo.js any imaginable animation is possible.

  • anime.js

    JavaScript animation engine

  • Animation. You are creative, and you want your site to grab users' attention at first sight. JavaScript is there for you. With modern frameworks and libraries, such as Three.js,Anime.js,Mo.js any imaginable animation is possible.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • Mo.js

    The motion graphics toolbelt for the web

  • Animation. You are creative, and you want your site to grab users' attention at first sight. JavaScript is there for you. With modern frameworks and libraries, such as Three.js,Anime.js,Mo.js any imaginable animation is possible.

  • Webix UI

    Stable releases of Webix UI - JavaScript library for building mobile and desktop web apps

  • Since there is enough information on the web about open-source solutions, let's look at the library which is less popular but surely worthy of attention. Webix UI library has gained 4.8 out of 5 on Capterra. The library has been developed by XB Software since 2008. It is regularly updated, there is a blog with lots of reviews of the users. Many of them note the responsive support, the convenience of outsourcing services, and the speed and ease of building apps with the help of the Webix complex widgets. The downsides of the library mentioned are the documentation which is quite restricted and the lack of examples of combining Webix with TypeScript.

  • React

    The library for web and native user interfaces.

  • There is a wide variety of JS libraries on the market. Some of them are more well-known, like React or jQuery, others are less popular but not less productive, such as Webix. Let's briefly outline the steps of creating a simple web app with a JS library:

  • jQuery

    jQuery JavaScript Library

  • There is a wide variety of JS libraries on the market. Some of them are more well-known, like React or jQuery, others are less popular but not less productive, such as Webix. Let's briefly outline the steps of creating a simple web app with a JS library:

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