I’ve been playing around with a couple of different JavaScript frameworks today. I thought it about time as I have only really ever used jQuery at work (which I guess isn’t very strange as it’s the framework most people start out using).

I wanted to find a framework that would let me code in plain ole’ JavaScript but also eased cross-browser AJAX and FX animations.

But I also needed to make sure that my requirement of a good core API, with a modest selection of features was balanced against what is (for me) the most important aspect of a JavaScript framework… the overall filesize when minified and sent down the wire via GZIP compression.

So I did some very basic tests and this is what I found…

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