Helios is an open-source framework that provides essential backend services for iOS apps, from data synchronization and push notifications to in-app purchases and passbook integration. It allows developers to get a client-server app up-and-running in just a few minutes, and seamlessly incorporate functionality as necessary.
Helios is a constellation of mobile backend components – Mix and match to meet the specific needs of your app. Built on the Rack webserver interface, Helios can be easy added into any existing Rails or Sinatra application, or used by itself. It is released under MIT License.
Requirements: –
Demo: http://helios.io/
License: MIT License
FPSMeter is a simple JavaScript library for sexy, fast, and themable FPS meter. It can measure frames per second, number of milliseconds between frames, and number of milliseconds it takes to render one frame when using the .tickStart() method.
FPSMeter supports multiple instances on one page, has show/hide methods that also pause the meter rendering, and color heatmaps that make themes even more pretty. It is released under MIT License.
Requirements: JavaScript Framework
Demo: http://darsa.in/fpsmeter/
License: MIT License
Responsive Nav is a tiny JavaScript plugin which weighs only 1.7 KB minified and Gzip’ed, and helps you to create a toggled navigation for small screens. It uses touch events and CSS3 transitions for the best possible performance.
It also contains a “clever†workaround that makes it possible to transition from height: 0 to height: auto, which isn’t normally possible with CSS3 transitions. You can view live demo and resize this window to see the plugin in action. It works in all major desktop and mobile browsers, including IE 6 and up.
Requirements: JavaScript Framework
Demo: http://responsive-nav.com/demo/
License: MIT License
ScrollUp is a lightweight jQuery plugin to create a customisable “Scroll to top†feature that will work with any website, with ease. To create a visible line to help determin an ideal scroll distance from the top, assign a valid CSS colour to the activeOverlay setting.
ScrollUp is fully customisable through CSS which makes it simple to fit right into your project. Simply target the scrollUp’s generated ID in your CSS file and set your styles. It is released under MIT License.
Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://markgoodyear.com/2013/01/scrollup-jquery-plugin/
License: MIT License
Sidr is a handy jQuery plugin for creating side menus and the easiest way for doing your menu responsive. You will be able to create multiple sidrs on both sides of your web to make responsives menus or not, it works perfectly on desktop too.
There are two themes included with the plugin, a dark one and a light one. You can use them, create a new one or override them with your own styles. It is released under MIT License.
Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://www.berriart.com/sidr/
License: MIT License
Sails.js makes it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js apps. It is designed to resemble the MVC architecture from frameworks like Ruby on Rails, but with support for the more modern, data-oriented style of web app development. It’s especially good for building realtime features like chat.
Sails.js API scaffolding is nothing like Rails scaffolding. Instead, Sails automatically builds a RESTful JSON API for your models. And here’s the thing, it supports HTTP and WebSockets. By default, for every controller you create, you get the basic CRUD operations created automatically.
Requirements: Node.js Framework
Demo: http://balderdashy.github.com/sails/
License: MIT License
iCheck is super customized checkboxes and radio buttons with jQuery. iCheck is created to avoid routine of reinventing the wheel when working with checkboxes and radio buttons. It provides an expected identical result for the huge number of browsers, devices and their versions. Callbacks and methods can be used to easily handle and make changes at customized inputs.
iCheck is verified to work in Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 2+, Google Chrome, Safari 3+ and Opera 9+ browsers. Should also work in many others. Mobile browsers like Opera mini, Chrome mobile, Safari mobile and others are also supported. Tested on iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices.
Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://damirfoy.com/iCheck/
License: MIT License
Intro.js is better introductions for websites and features with a step-by-step guide for your projects. User have the ability to navigate with the mouse, or the keyboard – â†, →, ENTER and ESC to exit. It’s fast and small, with only 4 KB JavaScript and 2 KB CSS.
Better compatibility is on the roadmap, but currently it should work in recent versions of Firefox and Chrome (probably IE10, too!). It’s Free and open-source (including commercial use). It is released under MIT license.
Requirements: JavaScript Framework
Demo: http://usablica.github.com/intro.js/
License: MIT License
Swipebox is a touchable jQuery lightbox. It is a jQuery “lightbox” plugin for desktop, mobile and tablet. It supports Swipe gestures for mobile, Keyboard Navigation for desktop, CSS transitions with jQuery fallback, Retina support for UI icons, and Easy CSS customization.
It has been tested on Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, IE8+, IOS4+, Android, windows phone. It is released under MIT License.
Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://brutaldesign.github.com/swipebox/
License: MIT License
Countable.js is a JavaScript function to add live paragraph-, word- and character-counting to an HTML element. Countable does not rely on any libraries and is very small in size.
Countable takes the value from an HTML element and counts paragraphs, words and characters (without and with spaces). Those numbers are then returned in an object, accessible by a single parameter in the callback function. Countable has been tested in Chrome (latest), Safari (latest), Firefox (latest), Opera (latest) and Internet Explorer (7+). It is built to support both newer and older browsers.
Requirements: JavaScript Framework
Demo: http://radlikewhoa.github.com/Countable/
License: MIT License
