Useful JS And PHP Script Libraries
Nobody likes reinventing the wheel, So here are a few JavaScript and PHP libraries that I've used to make my work a little easier and productive when working on websites for clients. I will update this list as I find more useful scripts and libraries that I find useful.
JavaScript Stuff
- jQuery - helps with DOM manipulation, some animations and is just generally very useful.
- JSColor - A simple and minimal color picker solution, easy integration and it works!
- - Extremely simple JavaScript slider, my goto solution for anything that just needs to slide. (supports any element, not just images)
- matchMedia.js - Allows you to specify when your JavaScript should fire off just as you would do with media queries in CSS, Ive found it extremely useful!
- Typed.js - A simple way to add a typewriter effect with JavaScript ( example ).
- TinyMCE - Allows you to turn any textarea in your HTML into a beautiful WYSIWYG editor that outputs HTML, Very easy to implement into your site at any point of development.
- Lightbox - A simple lightbox script that will ... make a lightbox :)
- Highlightjs - Easy to implement syntax highlighting library.
PHP Stuff
- Slim Framework - Lightweight PHP micro framework that includes routing, HTTP Caching, templating, flash messages and various stuff I have never used and can't comment on, Great way to make a simple REST API or something that only requires simple routing.
- CodeIgniter - A lightweight PHP MVC Framework that has beautiful documentation and is great to work with.
- TwitterAPIExchange - A simple PHP wrapper for the Twitter API v1.1, makes it less painful to deal with the twitter API.
- Domain Availability - A PHP class I wrote for the sole purpose of checking if a domain name is registered, it works by querying the whois servers and checking for a matching "domain not found" string, feel free to fork and commit :)
Do you have any scripts or libraries that you just love to work with? Leave a suggestion in the comments!