<s>
The	O
Spry	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Ajax	B-General_Concept
framework	I-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
construction	O
of	O
Rich	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
pure	O
JavaScript	B-Application
frameworks	I-Application
such	O
as	O
the	O
Dojo	B-General_Concept
Toolkit	I-General_Concept
and	O
Prototype	B-Language
,	O
Spry	O
is	O
geared	O
towards	O
web	O
designers	O
,	O
not	O
web	B-Operating_System
developers	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
continue	O
development	O
of	O
Spry	O
and	O
handed	O
it	O
over	O
to	O
the	O
community	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spry	O
Data	O
-	O
data	O
binding	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
markup	O
using	O
minimal	O
code	O
or	O
proprietary	O
markup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spry	O
uses	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Xpath	B-Language
JavaScript	B-Language
library	O
to	O
convert	O
XML	B-Protocol
into	O
JavaScript	B-Language
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
handle	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
HTML	B-Language
and	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spry	B-Language
Widgets	I-Language
-	O
framework	O
for	O
development	O
of	O
widgets	O
,	O
and	O
included	O
widgets	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
accordion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Adobe	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
discontinue	O
investing	O
in	O
Spry	O
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
jQuery	B-Language
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spry	B-Language
framework	I-Language
is	O
directly	O
integrated	O
into	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
's	O
Dreamweaver	O
CS3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ajax	B-General_Concept
development	O
within	O
an	O
IDE	B-Application
such	O
as	O
Eclipse	B-Application
(	O
software	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ajax	B-General_Concept
generation	O
from	O
server	O
code	O
using	O
ColdFusion	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ruby	B-Application
on	I-Application
Rails	I-Application
offers	O
similar	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ajax	B-General_Concept
application	O
generation	O
from	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flex	I-Operating_System
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenLaszlo	B-Application
will	O
offer	O
similar	O
functionality	O
with	O
their	O
"	O
Legals	O
"	O
release	O
(	O
version	O
4	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spry	O
competes	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
Ajax	B-General_Concept
frameworks	I-General_Concept
and	O
toolkits	O
:	O
</s>
