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ilya-dev/belt · GitHub

Belt is a utility library for PHP that provides over 60 helper functions for common operations on arrays, objects, collections, and functions—such as flattening arrays, finding max/min values, mapping, reducing, and type checking. Version 2.0 brings improved documentation, better test coverage, and cleaner code, and can be installed as a Composer dependency. The library is fully tested, well-documented, and covers functional programming patterns like function composition and memoization.

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chriszarate.github.io

jQuery Sheetrock

Sheetrock is a JavaScript library that allows developers to use Google Sheets as a database, querying and displaying data in web or Node.js applications without requiring any dependencies. It supports SQL-like queries for filtering, sorting, and grouping, as well as lazy-loading of large datasets and integration with templating engines like Handlebars. The library requires only a public Google Sheet URL with a single header row and plain text formatting to function.

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GitHub

christianv/jquery-lifestream · GitHub

jQuery Lifestream is a plugin that aggregates your activity from over 40 social media and content platforms—including Twitter, GitHub, Flickr, Last.fm, and many others—into a single chronological feed on your website. The plugin is configurable via JSON, supports custom templates for how each activity appears, and allows developers to contribute new feed sources through pull requests to the project repository.

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sequelpro/sequelpro · GitHub

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www.thepetedesign.com

ionicons.com

grafico.kilianvalkhof.com

Grafico javascript charting library

Grafico is a JavaScript charting library built on Raphaël and Prototype.js that creates clean, data-visualization-focused graphs inspired by design principles from Stephen Few and Edward Tufte. It supports numerous graph types including line, area, bar, and sparkline variants, with features like flexible ranges, hover tooltips, mean lines, and watermarks, while maintaining broad browser compatibility and a flexible API for customization. The library is MIT-licensed and available on GitHub, with contributions from multiple developers adding functionality like stream graphs and stacked bar charts.

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purecss.io

Pure

Pure is a lightweight CSS framework that compresses to just 3.5KB when minified and gzipped, making it ideal for performance-conscious projects. Built on Normalize.css, it provides minimal styling for HTML elements and common UI components while remaining fully responsive and mobile-friendly. The framework is designed to be unopinionated and easy to override, letting developers add their own styles on top rather than fighting against existing rules.

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matthewmueller.github.io

date

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robfig.github.io

The Revel Web Framework for Go

Revel is a web framework for Go that emphasizes hot code reloading during development, high performance through Go's goroutine-based concurrency model, and a modular architecture where nearly all functionality is implemented as composable filters that developers can customize or replace. The framework provides built-in tools for routing, controllers with data binding and validation, template rendering, interceptors, and session management, while remaining stateless to enable predictable scaling. Development is ongoing toward a 1.0 release, with acknowledged gaps in ORM integration and template language pluggability.

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devdocs.io

QUnit

QUnit

QUnit is a JavaScript testing framework that requires minimal setup for Node.js projects and works universally across browsers, Node.js, and other JavaScript environments. It provides flexible APIs for writing tests with custom assertions and reporters, allowing developers to test code in the same environment where it actually runs.

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usablica.github.io

WideArea - Better Textarea

WideArea is a minimal JavaScript library that transforms textareas into full-screen editing environments with a simple implementation requiring just a data attribute and function call. The library weighs only 2KB of JavaScript and 4KB of CSS, making it a lightweight alternative to heavier rich-text editors. It's free to use under the MIT license for both personal and commercial projects.

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square.github.io

mindmup.github.io

Tiny, opensource, Bootstrap WYSIWYG rich text editor from MindMup

This is a minimal jQuery plugin that converts any HTML DIV into a lightweight WYSIWYG editor without the bloat of traditional rich-text editors. Rather than creating iframes, backup text areas, or custom styling, it leverages modern HTML5 browser features and integrates seamlessly with Bootstrap and Font Awesome to provide drag-and-drop image insertion, voice dictation, hotkey support, and mobile device compatibility in under 5KB of code. The plugin was built to solve real problems the creator encountered with existing editors—focus issues on touch devices, bootstrap modal conflicts, and unnecessary CSS overhead—by embracing simplicity and relying on standardized browser commands instead of reimplementing functionality that already exists in modern browsers.

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leafletjs.com

Leaflet - a JavaScript library for mobile-friendly maps

Leaflet is a lightweight, open-source JavaScript mapping library (42 KB) that provides essential mapping features like tile layers, markers, vector shapes, and interactive controls without unnecessary complexity. It prioritizes performance and ease of use across desktop and mobile platforms through hardware acceleration, smooth animations, and a simple API, while remaining highly extensible through plugins and customization. The library is actively maintained by a community of contributors and supports all major browsers with no external dependencies.

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amplifyjs.com

AmplifyJS - A Component Library for jQuery

AmplifyJS is a JavaScript library that streamlines common web development tasks through unified APIs for data handling, including persistent client-side storage via localStorage, enhanced AJAX request management with data transformation capabilities, and publish/subscribe messaging for component communication. The library provides backwards compatibility for older browsers and works reliably on mobile devices, offering developers a simpler alternative to managing these features separately. It's available under either MIT or GPL licensing, allowing use in commercial projects with minimal restrictions.

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BrettTerpstra.com

Cheaters - BrettTerpstra.com

Cheaters is a customizable system for creating and displaying quick-reference cheat sheets in a floating OS X window, built around HTML files that can be written in Markdown or HTML and served locally. It integrates with Automator or the Fluid app to create a menu-bar accessible reference tool that supports deep linking, fast navigation with keyboard shortcuts (including vim-like navigation), and the ability to search external sources like Stack Overflow directly from within the interface. The sheets are styled automatically and support custom CSS, metadata configuration, images, and PDFs, making it easy to build a personal knowledge base without much technical overhead.

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