resources

a list compilation to various useful guides and resources

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fun/useful javascript libraries

  • Node.JS Modules
    • Mongoose, mongodb object modeling for node.js
    • Nodemailer, send e-mails with node.js
    • Passport, authentication middleware
    • Socket.io, enables real-time bidirectional event-based communication
    • bcrypt, making passwords even more secure
    • async, utility module for working with asynchronous JavaScript
  • Miscellaneous
    • d3, a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data
      • Plottable, a JavaScript charting library built on top of d3
    • q, tool for making and composing asynchronous promises in JavaScript
    • arbor.js, a graph visualization library
    • typeahead.js, autocomplete search functionality from Twitter
    • KeyboardJS, library for binding keyboard combinations
    • 30 Seconds of code, a utility library with optimized functions
    • Mousetrap, another library for binding keyboard combinations
    • Quill, a rich text editor
    • Numeral.js, a library for formatting and manipulating numbers
    • interact.js, JavaScript drag and drop, resizing and multi-touch gestures with inertia and snapping for modern browsers
    • Sortable, minimalist JavaScript library for modern browsers and touch devices that makes manipulating lists so easy
    • RequireJS, an asynchronous file and module loader
    • Underscore, a utility library
    • Lo-Dash, for those who want more from underscore
    • AmplifyJS, solves a set of problems (such as cross browser local storage)
    • LeafletJS, an Open-Source JavaScript Library for Mobile-Friendly Interactive Maps

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