Front End Development Resources

This GIST contains a list of front end development frameworks, libraries, and plugins I have found or used at some point or another.

This was inspired by a list I saw on github at https://github.com/mrmartineau/ZM-Resources.

* libraries I (mcallan83) have used

Front End Frameworks

• 960 Grid System* - grid system that provides commonly used dimensions, based on a width of 960 pixels
• HTML5 Boilerplate* - a rock-solid default for HTML5 awesome -Foundation - easy to use, powerful, and flexible framework for building prototypes and production code on any kind of device
• Twitter Bootstrap* - simple and flexible HTML, CSS, and Javascript for popular user interface components and interactions

JavaScript Libraries

• Backbone.js* - gives structure to web apps by providing models, custom events, collections, and views
• Gibberish AES* - a fully OpenSSL compliant javascript library for AES encryption
• jQuery* - document traversing, event handling, animation, and ajax
• Moment.js - a lightweight javascript date library
• Pivot.js - a simple way to summarize large data sets on the fly
• Session.js - Javascript library to give information about the current session.
• Spin.js - shows a "please wait" style animated graphic
• Underscore.js* - a utility-belt library
• XRegExp - one of a kind JavaScript regular expression library

jQuery Plugins

Forms

• Chosen - enhances select boxes
• jQuery Autosize - enables automatic height for textarea elements
• jQuery Validation* - provides drop-in validation for your existing forms
• Masked Input - force users to input data in a certain format

Layout & Effects

• Infinite Scroll - pre-fetch content from a subsequent page and add it directly to the user’s current page
• jQuery Waypoints* - makes it easy to execute a function whenever you scroll to an element

Lightbox

• Colorbox* - lightweight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery
• fancyBox* - fancy lightbox alternative

Tables and Data Visualization

• DataTables* - add advanced interaction controls to any HTML table
• HighCharts* - interactive charts for your web application

Utilities

• BlockUI* - lets you simulate synchronous behavior when using AJAX, without locking the browser
• hoverIntent - attempts to determine the user's intent
• jQuery Cookie - simple, lightweight jQuery plugin for reading, writing and deleting cookies
• jQueryUI* - provides abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and themeable widgets