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Raphaël [1] is a small JavaScript library that should simplify your work with vector graphics on the web. If you want to create your own specific chart or image crop and rotate widget, for example, you can achieve it simply and easily with this library.

Raphaël uses the SVG W3C Recommendation and VML as a base for creating graphics. This means every graphical object you create is also a DOM object, so you can attach JavaScript event handlers or modify them later. Raphaël’s goal is to provide an adapter that will make drawing vector art compatible cross-browser and easy.

In version 1.4, they includes touch support for mobile devices such as the iPad.

This project is distributed under MIT License. Anyone wants his Adobe Flash back?

[1] http://raphaeljs.com/

Tags: flash, javascript

Uki [1] is a fast and simple JavaScript user interface toolkit for desktop-like web applications. It comes with a rich view-component library ranging from Slider to List and SplitPane.

Uki is licensed under MIT. Watch out the awsome example and demo page!

Source can be found on GitHub http://github.com/voloko/uki/

[1] http://ukijs.org/

Tags: github, javascript

Gordon [1] lets you run your SWF movie files in a JavaScript based environment, without the need of any plugins or additional software. It takes advantage of the latest web technologies like SVG to render vector based graphics or Web Workers for enhanced performance and to parse even large SWF’s in the background, without blocking the user interface. Furthermore, it gives you full access and control of the resources, characters and timeline behaviours in your movie via JavaScript or DOM scripting.

Gordon is licensed under the terms of the MIT License.

[1] http://wiki.github.com/tobeytailor/gordon/

Tags: flash, javascript, swt

Cappuccino [1] is an open source application framework for developing applications that look and feel like the desktop software users are familiar with.

Cappuccino is built on top of standard web technologies like JavaScript, and it implements most of the familiar APIs from GNUstep and Apple’s Cocoa frameworks. When you program in Cappuccino, you don’t need to concern yourself with the complexities of traditional web technologies like HTML, CSS, or even the DOM. The unpleasantries of building complex cross browser applications are abstracted away for you.

Cappuccino was implemented using a new programming language called Objective-J, which is modelled after Objective-C and built entirely on top of JavaScript. Programs written in Objective-J are interpreted in the client, so no compilation or plugins are required. Objective-J is released alongside Cappuccino in this project and under the LGPL.

Check out the ahhm, clone the source on GitHub.

[1] http://cappuccino.org/

Tags: framework, javascript, web 2.0

PHP-Ext [1] is an open source widget library written for PHP 5 to empower the UI Layer.
It is based on Ext JS [2] javascript widgets which provide a standard and powerful API to build Rich Internet Applications. It basically works as a convenient wrapper for the Ext JS Javascript Objects.

Among other features, PHP-Ext provides useful and common controls to create forms, rich comboboxes, powerful grids and menus. It also promotes the use of JSON and XML client/server communication to populate forms and grids using Ajax. Additionally it has a Javascript helper to ease the javascript code generation and use.

This project still in beta so keep comming for the final release. Take a look at the samples.

PHP-Ext is released under GNU Lesser General Public License.

[1] http://php-ext.quimera-solutions.com/ and http://code.google.com/p/php-ext/
[2] http://extjs.com/

Tags: javascript, PHP

Mooeditable [1] is a simple web-based WYSIWYG editor, written in MooTools [2].

[1] http://cheeaun.github.com/mooeditable/
[2] http://www.renemoser.net/2009/07/mootools-javascript-framework/

Tags: github, javascript, wysiwyg

MooTools [1] is a compact, modular, Object-Oriented JavaScript framework designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerful, flexible, and cross-browser code with its elegant, well documented, and coherent API.

MooTools is released under the Open Source MIT license.

[1] http://mootools.net/

Tags: framework, javascript

qooxdoo [1] is a comprehensive and innovative Ajax application framework. Leveraging object-oriented JavaScript allows developers to build impressive cross-browser applications. No HTML, CSS nor DOM knowledge is needed.

It includes a platform-independent development tool chain, a state-of-the-art GUI toolkit and an advanced client-server communication layer. It is open source under an LGPL/EPL dual license.

[1] http://qooxdoo.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qooxdoo

Tags: ajax, javascript, ria

Ext [1] is a JavaScript library for building rich internet applications (RIA [2]) using techniques such as AJAX, DHTML and DOM scripting.

Originally built as an add-on library extension of YUI [3], Ext includes interoperability with jQuery and Prototype. As of version 1.1, Ext retains no dependencies on external libraries, instead making their use optional.

Ext JS ist released under GPLv3 (since version 2.1, was LGPL before). Generally LGPL makes much more sense for libraries as GPL does, but anyway… they now have a commerial license too.

Check out the examples.

[1] http://extjs.com
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Internet_application
[3] http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/

Tags: javascript, ria