Web Standards Library Update – Week of January 20, 2014

by Brian Rinaldi on January 29, 2014

This week featured a new jQuery release and some very interesting micro libraries.

Fit.js is a JavaScript library with a simple purpose: help you fit things into other things.
Fit.js

This haptic effect demo includes a number of effects that work on Chrome for Android.
Haptic Effect Demo

testardo is a browser agnostic JavaScript web driver for mobile and desktop suitable for testing.
Web Reflection: testardo – A Browser Agnostic JS Web Driver

Drop is an open-source JavaScript and CSS library for making various types of dropdowns powered by Tether.js.
Drop

Prana is a general purpose micro-framework for Node.js.
Prana by recidive

Remote.js is a library for developing remote-controlled web apps where a desktop application is controlled by a mobile device.
Remote.js

The latest release of jQuery includes fewer forced layouts, granular custom builds, is published on npm and more.
jQuery 1.11 and 2.1 Released

Tether is a JavaScript library for positioning with the goal of making overlays, tooltips and dropdowns faster.
Tether

Brian Rinaldi

Brian Rinaldi is the founder of Flippin' Awesome. Brian works as the Developer Content Manager at Telerik (though this site is not affiliated with his employer) focused on ensuring that the Developer Relations team creates top notch content for the web development community. Previously, Brian focused on publishing HTML, CSS and JavaScript developer content for the Adobe Developer Connection at Adobe.

Brian has published in a variety of technical publications over the years, has presented at numerous conferences and events and has served as a technical editor on a number of books.

You can read Brian's blog archive with 9+ years of content at remotesynthesis.com (he still posts, infrequently). You can find a full list of Brian's past publications and presentations. Follow Brian on Twitter @remotesynth.