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Client Side Development 2- RIWAs   Rich Internet application (RIA) which is the Web application which is designed to deliver the same features and functions associated with desktop applications. A rich internet application (RIA) usually runs inside a Web browser and does not require software installation on the client side to work. Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) are very complex Web based systems. RIAs are encompassed with various types of components, integrated in diverse ways, making the RIAs more complex systems. Numerous Technologies and Techniques (TTs), frameworks, libraries, and tools had been introduced over the last decade for the development of these component of RIAs.   However,   these   TTs, frameworks,   libraries,   and   tools   do   not improve   the fundamental concepts   in the   core of the   RIAs and   the complexity   remains due   to   the   lack   of  ...

1.Is jQuery a framework or a library? Discuss.  jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library.  It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers.  With a combination of versatility and extensibility, jQuery has changed the way that millions of people write JavaScript. It is a collection of software libraries providing a defined application programming interface. Frameworks contain key distinguishing features that separate them from normal libraries:                  inversion of control - In a framework, unlike in libraries or normal user applications, the                     overall program's flow of control is not dictated by the caller, but by the framework. Therefore jquery is a library not a framework. 2. Expla...