JavaScript Tools
jQuery Plugins
- http://www.awkwardgroup.com/sandbox/awkward-showcase-a-jquery-plugin/
- Very cool show case, slides can be interactive.
- http://jamielottering.github.com/DropKick/
- Cleaner drop-downs
- http://anthonyterrien.com/knob/
- Knob style controls
- http://www.designchemical.com/lab/jquery-drill-down-menu-plugin/examples/
- Drill down. Lets the user move up and down through a tree
- http://duopixel.com/extremes/
- Simple, just places links in a circle
- http://zikes.github.com/circle-menu/examples/
- Circular menus - I really like the nested in a corner example, that could be really cool.
- http://prinzhorn.github.com/skrollr/
- This is just cool - I'm not sure how easy it would be to work with, but it could be really good.
- http://masonry.desandro.com/
- http://yconst.com/web/freetile/
- This could help with some of my CSS frustration
- http://gridster.net/
- Draggable grid
- http://www.jqplot.com/
- Every type of graph EVAR
- http://bartaz.github.com/impress.js/#/bored
- Slides in javascript
Development Tools
Frameworks
In working on my Tasks program, I began to realize how badly I needed a framework. I initially tried to handle the organization myself with a Core and a UI connected by listeners, but I couldn't get anything I was really happy with and even the decent attempts would not have scaled well.
Backbone
Library of utilities not a framework. Meh, looks very MVCish, not the dynamic environment I want. The collections look pretty good though. I watched most of video and I had no idea what was Backbone and what was just the presenters personal preference.
Knockout
MVVM, sounds pretty good. Microsoft pushing it so hard makes me wary.
Spine
Lightweight.
Sammy
Also light, basic structure