  The field of Web development is entering the HTML5 and CSS3 era and
JavaScript is becoming increasingly influential. A large number of JavaScript
frameworks have been recently promoted. Practitioners applying the latest
technologies need to choose a suitable JavaScript framework (JSF) in order to
abstract the frustrating and complicated coding steps and to provide a
cross-browser compatibility. Apart from benchmark suites and recommendation
from experts, there is little research helping practitioners to select the most
suitable JSF to a given situation. The few proposals employ software metrics on
the JSF, but practitioners are driven by different concerns when choosing a
JSF. As an answer to the critical needs, this paper is a call for action. It
proposes a re-search design towards a comparative analysis framework of JSF,
which merges researcher needs and practitioner needs.
