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<a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo!</a> developing their own JavaScript-based user interface libraries, which find their way into the web applications developed by these companies.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some JavaScript libraries allow for easier integration of JavaScript with other web development technologies, such as <a href="/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets" class="mw-redirect" title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</a>, <a href="/wiki/PHP" title="PHP">PHP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ruby_(programming_language)" title="Ruby (programming language)">Ruby</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>, while others provide utilities, often in the form of JavaScript <a href="/wiki/JavaScript_syntax#Function" title="JavaScript syntax">functions</a>, to make repetitive and complex tasks less taxing.<sup 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