<s>
MochiKit	B-Language
is	O
a	O
light-weight	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	I-Language
written	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Bob	O
Ippolito	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
networking	O
framework	O
,	O
Twisted	B-Language
,	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
deferred	O
execution	O
to	O
allow	O
asynchronous	O
behaviour	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
made	O
it	O
useful	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
interactive	O
web	O
pages	O
which	O
maintain	O
a	O
dialog	O
with	O
the	O
web	O
server	O
,	O
sometimes	O
called	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
particular	O
note	O
is	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
load	O
and	O
manipulate	O
JSON-encoded	O
data	O
sets	O
,	O
and	O
MochiKit.DOM	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
functions	O
to	O
easily	O
create	O
dynamic	O
page	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MochiKit	B-Language
forms	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
the	O
client-side	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
TurboGears	B-Language
Python	B-Language
web-application	O
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perhaps	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
author	O
's	O
involvement	O
in	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
community	O
,	O
MochiKit	B-Language
exhibits	O
many	O
idioms	O
familiar	O
to	O
Python	B-Language
programmers	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
commonly	O
used	O
in	O
Python-based	O
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
