Mitchell McKenna - tagged with js http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Moment.js | JS Date Manipulation Library http://mitchmckenna.com/post/15075/momentjs-js-date-manipulation-library

Parse, validate, manipulate, and display dates in javascript.

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Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:42:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/15075/momentjs-js-date-manipulation-library/momentjs-js-date-manipulation-library
Swing - JS Library For Tinder-Like Swiping http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14922/swing-js-library-for-tinder-like-swiping

A swipeable cards interface. The swipe-left/swipe-right for yes/no input. As seen in apps like Jelly and Tinder, and many others.

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Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:08:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14922/swing-js-library-for-tinder-like-swiping/swing-js-library-for-tinder-like-swiping
SideComments.js - Medium.com style commenting http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14520/sidecommentsjs-mediumcom-style-commenting

Everything you need to add a medium.com style commenting system to your site's frontend.

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Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:40:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14520/sidecommentsjs-mediumcom-style-commenting/sidecommentsjs-mediumcom-style-commenting
Chart.js - JS Library for HTML5 Charts http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14505/chartjs-js-library-for-html5-charts

There is a huge plethora of js charting libraries out there. I had used flot.js for Engadget's price graph, but it took some hackery to get it to work the way we wanted it to. This is a fairly newer one, that focuses on 6 of the most common charts and simplicity of use. There isn't currently any tooltips, but there is a pull request which does have them (and other features). There hadn't been much development on the repo for a while but the creator tweeted a WIP of responsive graphs with tooltips.

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Fri, 20 Jun 2014 18:42:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14505/chartjs-js-library-for-html5-charts/chartjs-js-library-for-html5-charts
ToneDen Player - Customizable Audio Embed for SoundCloud in JS http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14385/toneden-player-customizable-audio-embed-for-soundcloud-in-js ]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:24:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14385/toneden-player-customizable-audio-embed-for-soundcloud-in-js/toneden-player-customizable-audio-embed-for-soundcloud-in-js sharebutton.co http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14253/sharebuttonco

A simple, light, flexible, and good-looking share button

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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:18:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14253/sharebuttonco/sharebuttonco
Stop Nesting Functions! (But Not All of Them) http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13580/stop-nesting-functions-but-not-all-of-them

Great intro to why you shouldn't nest functions in javascript and how to use js object's prototype.

JavaScript is over fifteen years old; nevertheless, the language is still misunderstood by what is perhaps the majority of developers and designers using the language. One of the most powerful, yet misunderstood, aspects of JavaScript are functions. While terribly vital to JavaScript, their misuse can introduce inefficiency and hinder an application's performance.

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Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:59:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13580/stop-nesting-functions-but-not-all-of-them/stop-nesting-functions-but-not-all-of-them
EpicEditor - Markdown editor http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13403/epiceditor-markdown-editor

EpicEditor is an embeddable JavaScript Markdown editor with split fullscreen editing, live previewing, automatic draft saving, offline support, and more. For developers, it offers a robust API, can be easily themed, and allows you to swap out the bundled Markdown parser with anything you throw at it.

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Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:13:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/13403/epiceditor-markdown-editor/epiceditor-markdown-editor
ResponsiveSlides.js ยท Responsive jQuery Slider & Slideshow http://mitchmckenna.com/post/12592/responsiveslidesjs-responsive-jquery-slider-amp-slideshow

Was on the hunt for a image slider carousel for a website over the weekend and had a hard time finding one I liked, which is surprising because all it's gotta do is rotate images with a fade effect and before and after buttons. I was impressed with the size of this one and how many stars it had on Github.

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Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/12592/responsiveslidesjs-responsive-jquery-slider-amp-slideshow/responsiveslidesjs-responsive-jquery-slider-amp-slideshow
Canvas Query - jQuery-like library for HTML5 Canvas http://mitchmckenna.com/post/12517/canvas-query-jquery-like-library-for-html5-canvas

Canvas Query is a wrapper library for HTML5 Canvas element which allows it to be used with jQuery-like syntax. Also it adds a lot of common use image manipulation methods mainly convenient for gamedevelopers.

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Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:34:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/12517/canvas-query-jquery-like-library-for-html5-canvas/canvas-query-jquery-like-library-for-html5-canvas
Notificon - JS Library to Put Notifications in the Favicon http://mitchmckenna.com/post/10217/notificon-js-library-to-put-notifications-in-the-favicon

"Notificon is a javascript class for providing client-side favicon notifications. Instead of requiring a number of favicons be created and served up to the client, you can specify a label and a favicon (default being the current favicon) and it will generate a favicon notification."

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Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:29:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/10217/notificon-js-library-to-put-notifications-in-the-favicon/notificon-js-library-to-put-notifications-in-the-favicon