Visual Effects with Javascript
Hakim El Hattab is a Swedish developer who has put together an amazing lab of all of his experiments in JavaScript visual effects.
Check it out NOW!!
Create with JavaScript
Firstly an introduction to a cool on-line JavaScript editor - I know, not another one, you’re thinking, but this is a little different. Createjs.org has created a new interface to various third party editors that allows you to make ANY on-line content editable, and integrate it into your own back end CMS.
Check it out: http://createjs.org/
Secondly, here’s an awesome suite of JavaScript tools that for some reason I only just discovered. CreateJS.com.
The suite includes the following:
- EaslJS - Graphics library for working with the HTML5 canvas
- TweenJS - Transition and animation library for HTML5 and JavaScript properties
- SoundJS- Abstracted cross-browser HTML5 audio library
- PreloadJS - Manage and coordinate loading of assets and resources. Uses XHR2 to provide real-time progress information
- Zoë - Export flash animations to EaslJS sprite sheets for use in JavaScript animations
MotionCAPTCHA is a jQuery CAPTCHA plugin, based on the HTML5 Canvas Harmony procedural drawing tool by Mr Doob and the $1 Unistroke Gesture Regonizer algorithm (and the more recent Protractor algorithm improvement), requiring users to sketch the shape they see in the canvas in order to submit a form.
At the moment, it’s just a proof-of-concept – it only uses client-side gesture recognition, and doesn’t really have IE support – but the next releases will feature progressive enhancement and the ability to use this in production environments as a serious CAPTCHA alternative
