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Formly: The Form Glamorizer for jQuery

Zack — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:25:18 +0000

Formly makes adding forms to your site a bit more exciting. Easily add style, validation, and a more impressive user interaction with a single function.

Formly is a light little fella. 17kb in total for the full and 14kb for the minified version.

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jquery.qrcode.js: Browser QRcode Generation JQuery Plugin

Zack — Tue, 24 May 2011 01:35:20 +0000

jquery.qrcode.js is jquery plugin for a pure browser qrcode generation. It allow you to easily add qrcode to your webpages. It is standalone, less than 4k after minify+gzip, no image download.

It doesnt rely on external services which go on and off, or add latency while loading. It is based on a library which build qrcode in various language.

jquery.qrcode.js wraps it to make it easy to include in your own code. jquery.qrcode.js is available under MIT license.

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Leaflet: Open-Source JavaScript Library for Interactive Maps

Zack — Wed, 18 May 2011 01:22:50 +0000

Leaflet is a modern, lightweight BSD-licensed JavaScript library for making tile-based interactive maps for both desktop and mobile web browsers, developed by CloudMade to form the core of its next generation JavaScript API.

It is built from the ground up to work efficiently and smoothly on both platforms, utilizing cutting-edge technologies included in HTML5. Its top priorities are usability, performance, small size, A-grade browser support, flexibility and easy to use API. The OOP-based code of the library is designed to be modular, extensible and very easy to understand.

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eIRTE: Open Source WYSIWYG Editor

Zack — Wed, 11 May 2011 01:35:30 +0000

elRTE is an open-source WYSIWYG HTML-editor written in JavaScript using jQuery UI. It features rich text editing, options for changing its appearance, style and many more. You can use it in any commercial or non-commercial projects.

Main goal of the editor – simplify work with text and formating (HTML) on sites, blogs, forums and other online services.

Usage

Rich text editing, change its appearance and style
Insert and manage various HTML elements with formatting (images, tables, lists and etc.)
View and edit HTML-code

Features

Advanced work with CSS
- Setting indentation (margins, paddings) for images and table cells (seperate for each direction)
- Controlling border properties (width, style, color) with convenient dialogs
- Writing element properties as CSS-style always when possible
Lightweight, fast and easy to integrate
Interface appearance is configured from one CSS file
No templates used
i18n. The editor can be easily localized into any language
Designed to work with elFinder file manager, but can also be used with any other
Flexible for extensions

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Projekktor: Free HTML5 Video Player

Zack — Mon, 02 May 2011 04:49:13 +0000

Projekktor is A free, open source (GPL) HTML5 based video player written in Javascript. It solves cross browser and compatibility issues, adds eye candy and provides extremely powerful non standard features.

Specification of Projekktor:

Pre- & Postroll Ads
Build Playlists, stream Channels
Plugin Interface & Javascript API
Flash fallback with RTMP support
Easy to integrate and theme
Youtube HTML5 support

Demo of Porjekktor:

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Fuel: Band New PHP Framework Based on PHP 5.3

Zack — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:05:44 +0000

Fuel is a simple, flexible, community driven PHP 5.3 web framework based on the best ideas of other frameworks with a fresh start.

The framework was started in late 2010 by Dan Horrigan then shortly after the team grew to include Phil Sturgeon, Jelmer Schreuder and Harro Verton. The team has decades of PHP experience between them and have all been involved with Open-Source projects such as CodeIgniter, PyroCMS, ExciteCMS and DataMapper ORM to name but a few.

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Gury: HTML5 Canvas Utility Library

Zack — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:38:56 +0000

Gury is a JavaScript library designed to aid in the creation of HTML5/Canvas applications by providing an easy-to-use chain based interface.

With gury you can create a canvas tag, resize and style it, add renderable objects, animate those objects, and place it anywhere on the page in a single chained expression.

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Aristo: A jQuery UI Theme

Zack — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:10:50 +0000

Aristo is a jQuery UI theme, which looks amazing. It helps you to develop beautiful and modern web application.

jQuery UI, it’s essentially a collection of jQuery plugins that try to do for user interaction what jQuery did for JavaScript.

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Zoomy: jQuery Plugin for Photo Zooming

Zack — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:03:11 +0000

Zoomy is a quick and easy plugin that will zoom into a picture. You only need two copies of one image first the display image and then the zoom image.

Most CMS systems save or create multiple sizes of an image so its easy to set up. Just link the zoom picture on the display picture, and tell the plugin to use that link when zooming. It takes only a little bit of scripting.

$(function(){
    $('.zoom').zoomy();
})(jQuery)

Zoomy is simple. Zoomy is easy to implement and customize. There are a few options that allow you to change the appearance and usability of Zoomy. Plug it in, and even the most boring pictures can turn heads.

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jStat : JavaScript Statistical Library

Zack — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:06:20 +0000

jStat is a statistical library written in JavaScript that allows you to perform advanced statistical operations without the need of a dedicated statistical language (i.e. MATLAB or R).

The majority of jStat functions can be used independently of any other libraries. However, the plotting functionality of jStat is based on the jQuery plugin – flot.

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Devise: Authentication Solution for Ruby on Rails

Zack — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:48:30 +0000

Devise is an open source project developed by Brazilian development company Plataforma. It makes Ruby on Rails development much more easier on authentication.

Devise is authentication solution Rails gem(a plugin for Ruby on Rails). It handles users logging in and out: Registering, forgotten passwords, resetting passwords, and so on. All these functions are done to industry standard design patterns. Which means your authentication system is ready to go, you just need to think about where to put the register form and resetting passwords link, save you a lot of time, isn’t it?

As a post from Plataforma says that it’s different to the incumbent libraries, Clearance and Authlogic, in that it provides a full stack solution like Clearance (unlike Authlogic) but allows you to use a custom model (not just “User”) and gives you customized role support. It also has full i18n (internatiionalization) support out of the box.

Here is a demo app showing off how Devise can work within a small Rails app.

Ruby on Rails, often shortened to Rails or RoR, is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language. Ruby on Rails was extracted by David Heinemeier Hansson, first released Ruby on Rails as open source in July 2004.

OpenPublic: Drupal-based CMS for Government

Zack — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:52:14 +0000

OpenPublic is a Drupal-based content management system (CMS) born from a decade of work building secure, scalable, transparent websites for all sectors of government.

It is a community-driven platform supported by a network of innovative open source contributors committed to Open Government.

Here is a demo video for OpenPublic:

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TinyBox2: JavaScript Modal Windows

Zack — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:52:06 +0000

TinyBox modal box script brings a ton of new features and still clocks in under 5KB. The script now supports iframes and images natively. You can POST with Ajax. Clicking ESC will close the window. Callback functions can be passed for load and close events. You can set CSS IDs to override the default styling.

CSS position can be toggled between fixed and absolute. The mask opacity can be sent. You have full control over window location. And of course there is now a close button out of the box you can toggle.

The script is now executed by passing an object due to the large number of options. There is nothing to initialize, just call the function on whatever mouse or browser event you like.

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Waypoints: jQuery Plugin for Scrolling

Zack — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 03:55:40 +0000

Waypoints is a small jQuery plugin that makes it easy to execute a function whenever you scroll to an element. Waypoints makes a solid base for modern UI patterns that depend on a user’s scroll position on the page.

Waypoints is dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses. It has been tested with jQuery versions 1.4+ in IE6+, FF3+, Safari 4+, and Chrome 6+.

WordPress 3.1 “Reinhardt” Released

Zack — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:46:10 +0000

WordPress 3.1 finally got released, this version is named as “Reinhardt” in honor of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. You can update from within your dashboard now. Here is the official release press:

The long-awaited fourteenth release of WordPress is now available. WordPress 3.1 “Reinhardt” is named in honor of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. Version 3.1 is available for download, or you can update from within your dashboard.

This release features a lightning fast redesigned linking workflow which makes it easy to link to your existing posts and pages, an admin bar so you’re never more than a click away from your most-used dashboard pages, a streamlined writing interface that hides many of the seldom-used panels by default to create a simpler and less intimidating writing experience for new bloggers (visit Screen Options in the top right to get old panels back), and a refreshed blue admin scheme available for selection under your personal options.

There’s a bucket of candy for developers as well, including our new Post Formats support which makes it easy for themes to create portable tumblelogs with different styling for different types of posts, new CMS capabilities like archive pages for custom content types, a new Network Admin, an overhaul of the import and export system, and the ability to perform advanced taxonomy and custom fields queries.

With the 3.1 release, WordPress is more of a CMS than ever before. The only limit to what you can build is your imagination.

LimeJS: HTML5 Game Framework

Zack — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:54:15 +0000

LimeJS is a HTML5 game framework for building fast, native-experience games for all modern touchscreens and desktop browsers.

Here is a video about LimeJS current browser and device support.

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Amplify: A JQuery Component Library for Web Designers

Zack — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:55:24 +0000

Amplify is a set of components designed to solve common web application problems with a simplistic API.

Amplify’s goal is to simplify all forms of data handling by providing a unified API for various data sources.

Amplify’s store component handles persistent client-side storage, using standards like localStorage and sessionStorage, but falling back on non-standard implementations for older browsers.

Amplify’s request adds some additional features to jQuery‘s ajax method while abstracting away the underlying data source.

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Treesaver: JavaScript Framework for Creating Magazine-style Layouts

Zack — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:57:07 +0000

Treesaver is a JavaScript framework for creating magazine-style layouts that dynamically adapt to a wide variety of browsers and devices. Designers use standards-compliant HTML and CSS for both content and design, no JavaScript programming is required.

Key features and aspects:

Fast and compact: The JavaScript is under 25K gzipped (important for mobile).
Highly compatible: Works with most modern browsers, and degrades gracefully for older browsers (or those with JavaScript disabled).
Liberally licensed: Dual-licensed as MIT and GPL.

The Treesaver JavaScript framework is an open-source project by Treesaver. It is free for all uses and made available under the MIT or GPLv2 licenses.

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Memcached: Free Distributed Memory Object Caching System

Zack — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 04:45:15 +0000

Memcached: Free & open source, high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load.

Memcached is an in-memory key-value store for small chunks of arbitrary data (strings, objects) from results of database calls, API calls, or page rendering.

Memcached is simple yet powerful. Its simple design promotes quick deployment, ease of development, and solves many problems facing large data caches.

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Easy Horizontal Accordion jQuery Plugin

Zack — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:59:01 +0000

Easy Accordion plugin will get your definition lists (DTs) and generate a nice and smooth horizontal accordion. You can then decide to make it a timed slideshow or leave it still.

Easy Accordion Plugin keeps the HTML to the minimum, is SEO friendly and fully accessible, uses the CSS rotation to rotate the slide titles (no need for images here!), works in all the major browsers, allows for autoplay, it’s opensource and fully customizable and, what count most, it’s free!

Features:

Easily create a nice and smooth accordion effect
Decide whether or not automatically animate your slider
Insert multiple instances of the accordion in the same page
Set the active slide when the user loads the page
Include or remove the slide number
Text is rotated using CSS properties. No need for images!
Easy Accordion is totally customizable via CSS: change height, width, set borders and paddings, use background images and so on
Accessible and SEO friendly
Slide any kind of content (divs, simple text, images, lists, etc.)
Less than 8KB!
No dependencies at all!

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