TheBigWarehouse/BigBoxOfJavascript.md

The Big Box of Javascript

• es6-features.org - An overview of the new features added in EcmaScript 6

Searching

• lunr.js - A lightweight search engine to use
• Defiant.js - Search JSON structures with XPath expressions
• Awesomplete - Ultra lightweight autocomplete engine with no dependencies
• Olly.js - Rich snippets engine

Saving

• localStorage Bridge - A really cool library that lets you send & recieve messages via localStorage. Useful to let all the pages a user has open communicate with each other.

Media

• audiosynth - A wonderfully simple (albeit underdocumented) library for synthesising notes from various instruments. Not the most powerful, but easy to use.
• textgen.js - A procedural texture generator written in pure javascript

Display Effects

• ramjet - Lets you transform one DOM element into another with a smooth transisition

Popup Boxes

• NanoModal - Display those modals dialogs easily
• basicContext - Create custom right click menus easily
• Headhesive - Create customiseable fixed headers that appear at certain points on a page

Progress bars

• Mprogress.js - A progress bar based on material design

• ProgressBar.js - Another progress bar library

• Elevator.js - An awesome script that "solves those awkward scroll to top moments the old fashioned way" :D

• layzr.js - A lightweight library that makes lazy loading ridiculously easy

Input tools

• Keypress - Simple but powerful keyboard input library
• Squire - Turn a simple <textarea /> into a rich text editor
• Dragula - Super simple drag & drop
• Insignia - Easy tag input

Services and tools

Services

• js.org - Free subdomains for Javascript projects

Tools

• Regexper - Regular Expression visualiser
• Transformy - Not strictly javascript, but still awesome. Change the format of a list of things by typing in a simple example of what you want it to look like.
• vorlon.js - Awesome looking remote debugger
• keyCode Test Page - A test page that shows you the keyCode of the keys you press
• jscompress - A simple no-fuss javascript compressor

References & Tutorials

• RGraph HTML5 Canvas Reference - A good HTML5 canvas reference with examples

• RegexOne - A good reguar expression tutorial with practical examples and tests

• Javascript Scope Quiz - A small quiz / tutorial to help you understand scope in Javascript