jquery-calendar vs jQuery UI

jquery-calendar

Description: jQuery Calendar is a lightweight JavaScript date picker plugin for jQuery. It provides an easy way to add a customizable calendar and date picker to your web site or app. The plugin is customizable with CSS and options.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

jQuery UI

Description: jQuery UI is a curated set of user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes built on top of the jQuery JavaScript library. It provides abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level widgets for building complex web applications.

Type: software

jquery-calendar Features

• Monthly, weekly and daily views
• Date navigation
• Date selection
• Inline mode
• Multiple date selection
• Ajax populated dates
• Customizable with CSS
• Lightweight size
• Cross-browser support
• Localization
• Keyboard support
• Touch support
• Events API
• Date range limits
• Disabled dates
• Highlighted dates
• Themes included

jQuery UI Features

• Interactions - Draggable, Droppable, Resizable, Selectable, Sortable
• Widgets - Accordion, Autocomplete, Button, Datepicker, Dialog, Menu, Progressbar, Slider, Tabs
• Effects - Color animations, Class animations, Toggling
• Theming - ThemeRoller tool for customizing appearance and feel

jquery-calendar

• Open Source

jQuery UI

• Not listed