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Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by ksokhan » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 1:12 AM UTC

nkerkin wrote: post #4

tantalor wrote: post #2

http://www.jsdb.io/search?q=closure :(

http://www.jsdb.io/submit :)

The beauty of a collaborative system!

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by platz » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 1:23 AM UTC

I think a tag system instead of a directory system may be better for categorizing libraries. For example, is D3 is "data / undefined". Arguably it could exist in multiple categories.

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by jashkenas » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 1:35 AM UTC

ksokhan wrote: post #8

leeoniya wrote: post #6

maybe needs some more categories. where to put markdown libs?

definitely. Working on it! If you are in doubt though, just put in in Miscellaneous and I'll clean it up later :)

Nice that you're tweaking things. You may want to move Underscore from "helpers/object-extends" to "application-tools/utilities".

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by richardwhiuk » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 1:35 AM UTC

The library is called jQuery, not Jquery - same with jQuery UI, DOM is an abbreviation.

It looks like you've crudely turned things which aren't words which start with an uppercase letter into ones which do, for no reason.

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by ksokhan » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 1:36 AM UTC

platz wrote: post #12

I think a tag system instead of a directory system may be better for categorizing libraries. For example, is D3 is "data / undefined". Arguably it could exist in multiple categories.

This is probably the hardest problem to solve in building a tool like this. Ive thought a lot about this, and here is my thinking:

Its not an either-or scenario. Tags are great at grouping similar libraries together, but it doesn't work very well when you look at all the tags together, since there is no clear hierarchy.

Categories are good, on the other hand, for creating a clear structure for looking for libraries. If a user is confused about where to find something specific, they can just search it.

My plan is to combine the two approaches in jsdb: have a clear and very general category system, and a tag system for finding inter-related js libraries.

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by 8ig8 » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 1:47 AM UTC

There's also MicroJS:

http://microjs.com/

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by ksokhan » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 1:48 AM UTC

richardwhiuk wrote: post #14

The library is called jQuery, not Jquery - same with jQuery UI, DOM is an abbreviation. It looks like you've crudely turned things which aren't words which start with an uppercase letter into ones which do, for no reason.

Thanks for the tip. Fixed. Stared at it for so long during development that I didn't even notice!

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by ksokhan » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 1:49 AM UTC

8ig8 wrote: post #16

There's also MicroJS: http://microjs.com/

Whoa, sweet find! Slightly differently positioned though I think...

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by ksokhan » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 2:00 AM UTC

jashkenas wrote: post #13

ksokhan wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

definitely. Working on it! If you are in doubt though, just put in in Miscellaneous and I'll clean it up later :)

Nice that you're tweaking things. You may want to move Underscore from "helpers/object-extends" to "application-tools/utilities".

Yea, that makes sense. Moved. (I'm a bit doubtful about that helpers category in general, probably going to change it)

Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries

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Post by mcrider » Sun, Feb 10, 2013, 2:10 AM UTC

Would be great to have something like this also serve up the JS files via a CDN, and provide a JS-based loader (like require.js for remote scripts). Plus maybe dependency management?