25+ Tools & Tutorials For JavaScript

PaulSpoerry | October 5, 2007

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Found this over at mashable, I’ve used several of these sites for many years…. it’s a great list.

JavaScript is one of the most often used languages on the web, and it seems to be gaining in popularity each day. Weâ€™ve gathered 25+ tools and tutorials which will be useful to any JavaScript programmer – novice or pro.

ActiveWidgets.com – A component library that gives you AJAX-style fuctions with common visual elements.

Agile Partners Photo Resizing Tutorial – A tutorial on how to use the Prototype and script.aculo.us libraries to build an interactive photo resizer.

ByteFX – A low-level framework for simple JavaScript effects.

DevGuru – Defines all the terms of JavaScript and gives you code samples of what they do.

DojoToolkit.org – An open source DHTML toolkit built in JavaScript and based on several other tools.

Drag & Drop Sortable Lists – Tutorial for creating sortable lists with drag & drop functions.

DynamicDrive.com – A large collection of DHTML and JavaScripts for your use.

Firebug – An extension for the Firefox browser that allows you to do web development from directly inside the browser, including JavaScript.

JavaScript-reference.info – A reference site that teaches you both how to read and write JavaScript.

JavaScriptKit.com – A list of JavaScript objects, properties, and methods that include examples.

jQuery.com – A JavaScript library with a small footprint and concise coding for as few lines as possible.

Learn JavaScript in 10 Minutes – As the name implies, learn the basics of JavaScript in 10 minutes from this very straightforward tutorial.

Lightbox2 – A JavaScript for overlaying photos on the current page with a semi-transparent background.

LightWindow – Another overlay window system that allows you to do it with multiple media file types and even other websites.

MochiKit.com – A set of JavaScript libraries that takes ideas from Python and Objective-C, and uses them in JavaScript.

Moo.fx – JavaScript effects library that works with the Prototype.js and Mootools frameworks.

Mootools.net – An object-oriented JavaScript framework for intermediate to advance users.

Prototype Windows Class – Allows you to add an overlay window to your HTML.

Prototypejs.org – A JavaScript framework that is built with Web 2.0 in mind, includes Ajax integration.

QuirksMode.org – The personal site of a professional web developer who offers over a 120 tricks for defeating browser incompatibility issues of CS and JavaScript.

Reflection.js – A small JavaScript to add reflections to your image.

script.aculo.us – A JavaScript library that integrates easily with numerous frameworks.

ThickBox – Works with jQuery to provide an AJAX hybrid for image overlays.

TinyMCE JavaScript Content Editor – A content editor written completely in JavaScript and converts HTML text areas in to editor instances.

W3Schools JavaScript Tutorials – 100 Examples to learn JavaScript by.

WebTeacher.com – Takes the point of view of teaching JavaScript to a programming novice.

Walter Zorn Drag & Drop – A cross-browser JavaScript DHTML library that allows you to turn any image in to a layer that can be dragged and dropped where the user chooses.

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