Feature.js is a fast, simple and lightÂweight browser feature detecÂtion library. It has no dependencies and weighs only 1kb minified and gzipped. Feature.js automatiÂcally initiaÂlizes itself on page load, so you don’t have to. It doesn’t, however, run any tests while iniÂtiaÂlizing, so it will only ever run them when you ask it to. This makes it perform very fast.
With Feature.js, it’s simple to build progresÂsively enhanced expeÂriences that use feature detection to determine if a code can be execuÂted in the user’s browser. It is licensed under MIT license.
Requirements: JavaScript Framekwork
Demo: http://featurejs.com/
License: MIT License
Protip is yet another jQuery tooltip plugin for any situation. It’s not so lightweight but it doesn’t intends to be. We needed a solution which can fit into every scenario we face with. It supports 49 position, Live refresh of tooltip options, Live element checking, Gravity, DOM targets, Placements, Click activated and sticky tooltips, Custom HTML content, Interactive tooltips, In/Out delays, Auto-hide, Icon support, Skins, sizes, schemes, Animations support, Mixins, Custom event callbacks and UMD Support.
Requirements: jQuery Framekwork
Demo: http://protip.rocks/
License: MIT License
The Hungry JPEG is currently offering “The Jam Packed†January bundle to make it easier to enjoy graphic design. Perhaps one of the best deals ever offered, there are a lot of items included within this bundle. Graphic designers and do-it-yourselfers are going to enjoy 36 premium fonts along with 15 graphic packs. The deal is only available for the month of January, so once it’s gone, it’s gone for good. Gorgeous fonts are available so that no one is forced to use the standard fonts that come with the various programs in use, such as Microsoft Word and Photoshop. The fonts can be used to design flyers, signage, book covers, labels, and much more.
In addition to the fonts, there some graphic packs to make it easier to create attractive and eye catching signage, logos, and more. Many different industries can benefit from the graphics that are included in the Jam Packed bundle for January. There are hand drawn cameras, feathers, flowers, arrows, and even a pack known as “Arctic Space.†The graphic bundles come with many different PNS, EPS, and JPG formats, ranging from backgrounds to patterns to textures to postcards. A commercial license is included with all of these as well, and unlimited free support for anyone who has questions. Read the rest of this entry »
OS.js is an open-source desktop implementation for your browser with a fully-fledged window manager, Application APIs, GUI toolkits and filesystem abstraction. It works in any modern browser and can be deployed on any platform using Node or PHP. OS.js is completely free and open-source which means you can contribute to the development or use the code as you like.
Requirements: –
Demo: http://os.js.org/
License: License Free
You can build your UI Toolkit with Fabricator. Fabricator is built on Node.js, a platform for building fast, scalable network applications. There are pre-built installers for each platform. You can also install with Homebrew via brew install node. You can organize your design system the way you want. Components, Structures, Elements, Atoms, Molecules, whatever – the taxonomy is up to you.
Generate a style guide from your toolkit code. Write documentation in markdown to make your toolkit easy for other developers to use. Uses gulp.js as a super-fast, highly-optimized build system to compress images, CSS, and JavaScript. Highly-portable local development environment with Handlebars and BrowserSync built-in for a fast, efficient workflow.
Requirements: –
Demo: http://fbrctr.github.io/
License: MIT License
You can create polished résumés and CVs in multiple formats from your command line or shell with HackMyResume. Author in clean Markdown and JSON, export to Word, HTML, PDF, LaTeX, plain text, and other arbitrary formats. Fight the power, save trees. Compatible with FRESH and JRS resumes. HackMyResume is built with Node.js and runs on recent versions of OS X, Linux, or Windows.
Requirements: –
Demo: https://github.com/hacksalot/HackMyResume
License: MIT License
At The New York Times, their development teams have been adopting the Go programming language over the last three years to build better back-end services. They use Go for a wide variety of tasks, but the most common use throughout the company is for building JSON APIs. As they started building more and more APIs, the pains of microservices started to become apparent.
Gizmo, is open source. Gizmo offers four packages to help developers quickly configure and build microservice APIs and pubsub daemons. The config package provides a set of common, composable structs for working with tools common to technology currently at The New York Times: MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle, AWS (SNS, SQS, S3), Kafka, Gorilla’s securecookie, Gizmo Servers.
Requirements: –
Demo: https://github.com/nytimes/gizmo
License: Apache License
Algolia is a privately held company created by developers, veterans in the fields of algorithms, search engines and text mining. They develop DocSearch, which is a search-as-a-service API to help developers deliver an intuitive search-as-you-type experience in their applications and websites. They enable super fast and relevant search experiences in no time with our worldwide infrastructure deployed in 14 different regions (28 different datacenters). In one click, you can distribute your search on several regions with their Distributed Search Network infrastructure.
Requirements: –
Demo: https://community.algolia.com/docsearch/
License: License Free
Colorify is a script written in Javascript, that allows you to extract colors from images, and manipulates them. From a simple plain color, based on the dominant color, to a beautiful gradient based on the image edges colors, colorify.js will spice up your designs. with Colorify.js, you can extract the dominant color from an image, generate gradients based on the images colors, isolate colors and manipulates them everywhere in the page, create a Lazy-revealer system for your images, and you can load image dynamically.
Requirements: –
Demo: http://colorify.rocks/
License: License Free
Apester is changing the digital storytelling experience by empowering its readers to take a more active role in the content they consume. It’s “Storytelling 2.0”. You can engage with your readers on a whole new level! Use VoicRs to make your users a part of the story, elevate your content to new highs of engagement and virality.
With Apester’s unique user-sentiment based algorithm, the VoicR’s you publish send your users from one page to another, increasing PV’s in a native and engaging way. You can cut through all the noise, reach targeted and highly engaged users with exciting native campaigns. Increase brand awareness and perceptions with Apester’s personalized content experience.
Requirements: –
Demo: http://apester.com/
License: License Free
