This is the first week that I have separated out the post on articles and tutorials from new and updated projects. There are lots of new libraries to cover this week. Gulp got a lot of attention, in large part because it aims to replace the popular Grunt task runner. Koa also stood out as it is a new Node web framework being built by some of the same people who built Express.
glsl-transition is a library for making advanced transition effects using WebGL shaders.
glsl-transition
Koa is a web framework for Node.js by the team behind Express that aims to be smaller and more expressive and robust.
Koa - next generation web framework for node.js
Hugo Giraudel created a CRUD JavaScript class which defaults to DOM storage, localstorage or sessionstorage.
A CRUD JavaScript Class
bLazy.js is a JavaScript library for lazy loading images that has no 3rd party dependencies.
bLazy.js – A lazy load image script
Gulp is a task runner like Grunt but with some key differences that Travis Maynard explains.
No Need To Grunt, Take A Gulp Of Fresh Air
Switchery is a CSS and JavaScript component that turns HTML checkbox inputs into customizable iOS 7 style switches.
Switchery - iOS 7 style switches for your checkboxes
Math.js is a JavaScript library for working with numbers, big numbers, complex numbers, units, and matrices.
math.js
Ocrad.js is a pure JavaScript OCR created using the Ocrad project converted with Emscripten.
Ocrad.js - Optical Character Recognition in Javascript
Planetary.js is a JavaScript library for building interactive globes with drag and zoom support and is extensible.
Planetary.js: Awesome interactive globes for the web
Magnifier.js is a Javascript library enabling magnifying glass effect on an images.
Magnifier.js demo
The Brackets Sprint 35 Build includes improvements to find/replace and live development without restarting Chrome.
Brackets Sprint 35 Build
Slip is a library for swiping and reordering elements in lists on touch screens with no dependencies.
slip
Hover.css is a large collection of CSS3 powered hover effects available as CSS or Sass.
Hover
Jide is a JavaScript toolkit with UI controls built around the concept of properties and data binding.
jide.js
jqmBrackets is an extension for the Brackets code editor that adds support for jQuery Mobile.
Announcing jqmBrackets!