advAJAX / AdvancedAJAX 1.0
http://advajax.anakin.us/index-en.htm
"AdvancedAJAX is a JavaScript object allowing to use XMLHttpRequest object easier and speeding up development of AJAX based projects."
Sam Ruby: Agile Web 2.0 Development
http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/2005/08/08/Agile-Web-2-0-Development
"...this composite application is a distributed state machine. Small Pieces Loosely Joined, and all that."