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JSDB.io – A Database of JavaScript Libraries

71 points by nvk 13y ago

joemir 13y ago
Would be great if all the packages on Bower were presented like this.
- nvk 13y ago
  +1
- ksokhan 13y ago
  Potentially each item could have a bower package name or endpoint that you can copy and paste into terminal?
  - nvk 13y ago
    That sounds great, would definitely save some time.
- jonaldomo 13y ago
  I like the design of this site. I actually use the bower search site http://sindresorhus.com/bower-components/ http://sindresorhus.com/bower-components/ and cdnjs http://cdnjs.com/ http://cdnjs.com/ as a listing of javascript libraries also. I would like to see the three merged.
deweller 13y ago
Looks like 531 libraries are in this list as of now.
deleted 13y ago
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knes 13y ago
Thank you for this. I just discovered http://fooplugins.com/footable-demos/ http://fooplugins.com/footable-demos/ and it's the perfect alternative to Data Table!
dracoli 13y ago
What's the calculation for the ratings? Also would be great if there are sorting options. Otherwise this is really great!
- ksokhan 13y ago
  three sorting options: recent, popular, trending. What kind of sorting were you looking for?
  - Lerc 13y ago
    It struck me, while browsing that, I would like to be able to browse the libraries by excluding known types. Things like "Show me all the things that are not frameworks or jQuery plugins" I'm not looking for anything in particular, but it would nice to see the possibilities without having to search through things that I know I'm not looking for today.
    - ksokhan 13y ago
      Right, what you are looking for is advanced filtering options. Definitely something thats desirable, albeit hard to pull off for a side project ;)
camus 13y ago
Confusing name. It's not a db engine built with javascript.
- manojlds 13y ago
  Is imdb a new NoSQL database?
  - lsb 13y ago
    That would be pretty nifty, a NoSQL store backed by the delay-line memory[1] of IRC. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_line_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_line_memory
  - camus 13y ago
    is im a programming language ?
    - manojlds 13y ago
      Give me one example of a database with a programming language ( or its abbreviation ) in its name? "im" could stand for in-memory.
      - camus 13y ago
        javadb.
manojlds 13y ago
My favorite ( though only for jquery plugins ) - http://www.unheap.com/ http://www.unheap.com/
- joeblau 13y ago
  That site looks clean! Do you know who developed it?
kanakiyajay 13y ago
Similar database of jquery plugins http://jquer.in/ http://jquer.in/
andrew_gardener 13y ago
hovering over ratings: "Overall JSDB.io Rating (derrived from combination of the other metrics)" So I guess that means the rating are based on some formula of: stars + average time between commit + forks + contributes My only problem is that doesn't this rating favor larger projects (Angular or Ember) as opposed to smaller projects that are perfect for solving small problems? The only way I can see around that is if stars has an overwhelming weight in the formula. Anyways, looks helpful none the less (will look though it)
- ksokhan 13y ago
  Hey! (I made this) Stars do have more rating than the other metrics, which evens things out. Yes, larger libraries like jQuery are rating higher because of the ranking system, but thats actually accurate if you are looking at 'popularity'; furthermore, there are only a few projects that are on this scale. Try 'trending' if you want to see libraries that are growing quickly.
KevinEldon 13y ago
Looks great. I've had luck with http://www.javascriptoo.com/ http://www.javascriptoo.com/ too.
jb55 13y ago
It's unfortunate that people still think they need monolithic libraries to get anything done on the client side. The node ecosystem showed this doesn't have to be the case. It becomes even more important on the client side to keep dependencies small. My favourite ecosystem for client side development these days is component (https://github.com/component/component https://github.com/component/component). It's similar in style to npm but faster and made for building apps from small modular pieces. It has a growing community and lots of modules already (https://github.com/component/component/wiki/Components https://github.com/component/component/wiki/Components).
- graue 13y ago
  I've had this debate with a friend who's a big proponent of EmberJS (and to a lesser degree Angular). My friend feels that without one of these libraries you will simply be writing way too much unnecessary boilerplate code for a single-page app of significant size. I personally prefer to rely on small modular dependencies, so Component appeals to me, but I've only played with Ember/Angular a little bit so I don't necessarily know what I'm missing. Can you recommend a set of Components that would provide similar functionality and productivity?
  - jb55 13y ago
    I'm still using backbone.js within our app but a lot of people seem to be using things like: * https://github.com/component/view https://github.com/component/view for views built on top of reactive for declarative bindings * https://github.com/component/model https://github.com/component/model for models * https://github.com/component/router https://github.com/component/router for routing So what we have so far from these 3 libraries is basically a decomposed backbone with declarative bindings. That will cover 99% of your typical app. I don't find there is too much boilerplate.
    - graue 13y ago
      Take a look at the Ember examples at http://emberjs.com/ http://emberjs.com/. They're doing a lot more with a lot less code. Backbone had its day, but the world is moving on, and a new project that only offers Backbone-equivalent functionality won't garner much interest from me or probably anyone.
dotneter 13y ago
http://jster.net/ http://jster.net/

71 points by nvk 13y ago

joemir 13y ago

Would be great if all the packages on Bower were presented like this.

nvk 13y ago
+1
ksokhan 13y ago
Potentially each item could have a bower package name or endpoint that you can copy and paste into terminal?
- nvk 13y ago
  That sounds great, would definitely save some time.
jonaldomo 13y ago
I like the design of this site. I actually use the bower search site http://sindresorhus.com/bower-components/ http://sindresorhus.com/bower-components/ and cdnjs http://cdnjs.com/ http://cdnjs.com/ as a listing of javascript libraries also. I would like to see the three merged.

deweller 13y ago

Looks like 531 libraries are in this list as of now.

deleted 13y ago

[deleted]

knes 13y ago

Thank you for this. I just discovered http://fooplugins.com/footable-demos/ http://fooplugins.com/footable-demos/ and it's the perfect alternative to Data Table!

dracoli 13y ago

What's the calculation for the ratings? Also would be great if there are sorting options. Otherwise this is really great!

ksokhan 13y ago
three sorting options: recent, popular, trending. What kind of sorting were you looking for?
- Lerc 13y ago
  It struck me, while browsing that, I would like to be able to browse the libraries by excluding known types. Things like "Show me all the things that are not frameworks or jQuery plugins" I'm not looking for anything in particular, but it would nice to see the possibilities without having to search through things that I know I'm not looking for today.
  - ksokhan 13y ago
    Right, what you are looking for is advanced filtering options. Definitely something thats desirable, albeit hard to pull off for a side project ;)

camus 13y ago

Confusing name. It's not a db engine built with javascript.

manojlds 13y ago
Is imdb a new NoSQL database?
- lsb 13y ago
  That would be pretty nifty, a NoSQL store backed by the delay-line memory[1] of IRC. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_line_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay_line_memory
- camus 13y ago
  is im a programming language ?
  - manojlds 13y ago
    Give me one example of a database with a programming language ( or its abbreviation ) in its name? "im" could stand for in-memory.
    - camus 13y ago
      javadb.

manojlds 13y ago

My favorite ( though only for jquery plugins ) - http://www.unheap.com/ http://www.unheap.com/

joeblau 13y ago
That site looks clean! Do you know who developed it?

kanakiyajay 13y ago

Similar database of jquery plugins http://jquer.in/ http://jquer.in/

andrew_gardener 13y ago

hovering over ratings: "Overall JSDB.io Rating (derrived from combination of the other metrics)" So I guess that means the rating are based on some formula of: stars + average time between commit + forks + contributes My only problem is that doesn't this rating favor larger projects (Angular or Ember) as opposed to smaller projects that are perfect for solving small problems? The only way I can see around that is if stars has an overwhelming weight in the formula. Anyways, looks helpful none the less (will look though it)

ksokhan 13y ago
Hey! (I made this) Stars do have more rating than the other metrics, which evens things out. Yes, larger libraries like jQuery are rating higher because of the ranking system, but thats actually accurate if you are looking at 'popularity'; furthermore, there are only a few projects that are on this scale. Try 'trending' if you want to see libraries that are growing quickly.

KevinEldon 13y ago

Looks great. I've had luck with http://www.javascriptoo.com/ http://www.javascriptoo.com/ too.

jb55 13y ago

It's unfortunate that people still think they need monolithic libraries to get anything done on the client side. The node ecosystem showed this doesn't have to be the case. It becomes even more important on the client side to keep dependencies small. My favourite ecosystem for client side development these days is component (https://github.com/component/component https://github.com/component/component). It's similar in style to npm but faster and made for building apps from small modular pieces. It has a growing community and lots of modules already (https://github.com/component/component/wiki/Components https://github.com/component/component/wiki/Components).

graue 13y ago
I've had this debate with a friend who's a big proponent of EmberJS (and to a lesser degree Angular). My friend feels that without one of these libraries you will simply be writing way too much unnecessary boilerplate code for a single-page app of significant size. I personally prefer to rely on small modular dependencies, so Component appeals to me, but I've only played with Ember/Angular a little bit so I don't necessarily know what I'm missing. Can you recommend a set of Components that would provide similar functionality and productivity?
- jb55 13y ago
  I'm still using backbone.js within our app but a lot of people seem to be using things like: * https://github.com/component/view https://github.com/component/view for views built on top of reactive for declarative bindings * https://github.com/component/model https://github.com/component/model for models * https://github.com/component/router https://github.com/component/router for routing So what we have so far from these 3 libraries is basically a decomposed backbone with declarative bindings. That will cover 99% of your typical app. I don't find there is too much boilerplate.
  - graue 13y ago
    Take a look at the Ember examples at http://emberjs.com/ http://emberjs.com/. They're doing a lot more with a lot less code. Backbone had its day, but the world is moving on, and a new project that only offers Backbone-equivalent functionality won't garner much interest from me or probably anyone.

dotneter 13y ago

http://jster.net/ http://jster.net/