Dojo 1.4 : Pros and Cons

Dojo in one of the initial Ajax libraries. Lets look at it -

Pros

1)Introduces the concept of classes, constructors, and inheritance in JavaScript, allowing you to build object-oriented JavaScript code.

2)Loosely typed variables,Regular expressions

3)Highly evolved date, math, and string libraries

4)Simplifies Ajax programming by providing infrastructure code for making asynchronous requests using XMLHttpRequest and cross-browser-compatible DOM-manipulation code.

5) Advisable for Ajax-based applications and web sites.

Cons

1)Developer depends on the browser support for the Dojo

2)There is no way to hide the Dojo code in case of commercial application


Browser Compatibility

Firefox 3.5/3.6

IE6, IE7, IE8

Safari 4/ 5 Chrome 5

Opera 10.50 and later (Dojo core only)