What is this? To begin with, focus is on JavaScript frameworks. Files are compressed using Dojo Shrinksafe, then packed using Dean Edwards Packer, and finally Google gzip the file. As a result, we get beautifully small file sizes.

Why put these frameworks on Google Code? If enough websites use a particular framework here at http://framework.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/[framework-file.js] instead of hosting it locally the file is cached on Google's servers and eventually on clients computer - setting the grounds for the emergence of a global standard. For example, the Prototype framework is just 16Kb of download when a website with the Framework at Google Code is first requested. Any second request for the framework simply uses the cached version on the clients computer, spanning all websites that uses the framework file located at http://framework.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/.

First in line are the following:

• Prototype 1.5.x (16Kb)
• MooTools 1.0.x (15Kb)
• Base2 1.1.x (4Kb)

Update cycle

Files are updated as new stable third-digit releases are made. It is advised that third-digit releases are backward-compatible. E.g. as the next version of Prototype is released (presumably version 1.5.2) the online Prototype 1.5.x will be updated accordingly.