AppJS is a desktop application development framework.
AppJS is currently available only on Linux, but Mac and Windows ports are on the way.
The application’s core is Chromium, allowing you to use the newest and the most complex HTML5 APIs and functions available out there.
Overall, AppJS is an interesting solution at the very least, especially given that it uses Node.js as its backbone — fascinating for desktop app development, really.
Slides is a simple and effective presentation framework written in JavaScript.
It uses curl.js for transitions and requirejs for loading slides and other dependencies.
The one and only question is — why use this framework instead of PowerPoint or Keynote?
The developer says that he made this framework because he “Got fed up with using Powerpoint and Keynote to make and give presentations.”
However, there are also some practical reasons for choosing this framework:
Bowline is a framework for creating cross-platform desktop applications with Ruby, HTML5, and JavaScript.
Bowline is really an interesting solution, as it allows creating design with CSS3/HTML5, and binding it to Ruby models (MVC structure).
Bowline uses WebKit for rendering views, and currently works on Linux and OSX (Windows support is on the way) operating systems.
Osmek is a CMS that’s hosted in the cloud. It provides an editing interface and a powerful API for retrieving your content.
Osmek also provides a fancy dashboard that allows you to overlook comments, subscribers, and recent API uses.
Osmek’s API is quite advanced, and it allows developing your site how you want.
The CMS is free if you want to use a single type of content, but the second most basic plan costs $10.
Plink is a neat audio game by Dinahmoe Labs. It’s built with HTML5, Node.js and the Web Audio API.
Plink is basically an interface for generating music in real time, using only your mouse — invite your friends and make some music together!
Plink does, however, only work in Chrome, as the API is exclusive to Chrome at the moment.
A video tells more than a single picture — check out the video if you’re too lazy to play the game itself.
SoundJS is a JavaScript library for working with HTML5 audio.
Its key features include channel management, batch loading, and master volume control.
If you’ve tinkered around with HTML5′s audio, you know how much of a pain in the ass is dealing with different ways that browsers react to the same code.
The most important component of SoundJS is, thus, the API, which provides something of a one-size-fits-all cross-browser interface for working with sounds.
SoundJS is intended to be a part of a larger whole — CreateJS — which is yet to be released.
14 May, 2012
By Lauris Veips
