Stick ‘em ‘s a jQuery plugin that makes content sticky while scrolling.
Stick ‘em is useful both in the developer’s described scenario — when some images are too tall, resulting in users having to scroll up to read the text accompanying them — and in a scenario where you simply want a sticky sidebar et al.
Easy to implement and flawless to the point of perfection, this is indeed a very useful plugin.
Kube Framework is a CSS framework for professional developers.
The framework is rather minuscule, yet still somehow manages to have tools for grids, forms, typography solutions, buttons et al.
Kube also has a version with LESS files, so those who prefer that markup might want to check the other version out.
dgrid is a lightweight Dojo grid component for creating full-featured data grids.
Although still in the beta, dgrid sports some impressive features:
Dojo developers are without a doubt glad about the grid, but if you’ve never worked with Dojo before, the docs are easy to grasp, even if you aren’t well-acquainted with Dojo.
Simplify.js is a JavaScript library for simplifying polylines.
The library drastically reduces the amount of points that are used to draw a polyline, allowing for a significant performance boost.
As the shape is what’s most important when drawing polylines, the library is all but mandatory if you have data which generates thousands of points in a graph–the performance boost is huge even on small simplification ratios.
Speed Tracer is a free tool for tracking and fixing performance problems in your web apps.
Speed Tracer is available as a Chrome plugin, but server-side performance tracking is available via AppStats for Java.
The application comes with a logging API; Speed Tracer can also export data dumps as JSON objects (probably for creating your own interfaces).
Overall, Speed Tracer is a great tool for any application developer, as fluid performance is what might make users prefer your apps instead of other available alternatives.
Hoverizr is a small (2.5kb minified) jQuery plugin that outputs manipulated images on top of targeted images.
The plugin is responsive, meaning that even if you resize the browser (or use mobile), the images will be resized automatically for newer browsers.
Hoverizr features quite a few image manipulation effects, such as grayscale, invert, and blur.
Besides the obvious “before and after” use of this plugin, it’s also awesome for games or simply design effects.
21 September, 2012
By Lauris Veips
