Tag Archives: libraries

Kinetic JS is “is an HTML5 Canvas library that extends the 2d context by adding region events for desktop and mobile applications, extends the 3d context by wrapping WebGL (…), and also provides animation support for both contexts.”
More info, and downloads: http://www.kineticjs.com/

EaselJS is a JavaScript library that “provides a retained graphics mode for canvas including a full, hierarchical display list, a core interaction model, and helper classes to make working with Canvas much easier.” Easel’s API “is loosely based on Flash’s display list, and should be easy to pick up for both JS and AS3 developers”.
Link: http://www.easeljs.com/

To make it even easier to convert projects from Flash to JS, the makers of Easel have released Zoe, “a tool for exporting swf animations as EaselJS sprite sheets”.
Link: http://easeljs.com/zoe.html

From http://mbostock.github.com/d3/:

D3.js is a small, free JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 allows you to bind arbitrary data to a Document Object Model (DOM), and then apply data-driven transformations to the document. As a trivial example, you can use D3 to generate a basic HTML table from an array of numbers. Or, use the same data to create an interactive SVG bar chart with smooth transitions and interaction.

Via Miska Knapek.

From http://raphaeljs.com/:

“Raphaël 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 ['ræfeɪəl] 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.”

From http://haptic-data.com/toxiclibsjs/:

“Toxiclibs.js is an open-source computational design library ported to javascript by Kyle Phillips originally written by Karsten Schmidt for Java and Processing. Examples of the original library can be found at http://toxiclibs.org
Toxiclibs.js has no external dependencies and can be used by itself or with any other library. Toxiclibs.js works great with the Processing.js visualization library for canvas, as well as Three.js, Raphael.js for SVG, or even just DOM manipulation.”