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?
That's http://cdnjs.com/
JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries
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Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries
#32Would 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?
That's http://cdnjs.com/
Ooh, nice; I've seen this before too but forgot all about it. @ksokhan, maybe think of linking up the CDN URL's from cdnjs.com to your site? Your site definitely offers more as far as discoverability.
Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries
#33Looks useful. Some comments
- I wish there were a way to sort by name
- How are the ratings calculated? (Just realized that if you hover on a library's rating it tells you the rating is "derrived (sic) from combination of the other metrics": would be good to know how exactly + "derived" is misspelled.)
Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries
#34I wish there's a way to sort by the size of the library.
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#35Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries
#36JSDB is the name of a javascript cross-platform environment based on SpiderMonkey, that exists since 2005 and is still active. http://jsdb.org/
That doesn't seem like a very good name. Why "DB"?
Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's http://cdnjs.com/
Ooh, nice; I've seen this before too but forgot all about it. @ksokhan, maybe think of linking up the CDN URL's from cdnjs.com to your site? Your site definitely offers more as far as discoverability.
While you're at it, link to http://npmjs.org/
e.g., http://www.jsdb.io/view/socket-io -> https://npmjs.org/package/socket.io
Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries
#38Why require a Github URL? I should be able to give you any number of URLs to any sites for each lib. This would be much more useful!
Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries
#39I 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.…
What? Why have two systems?
Just make the categories be system-defined tags. Display your navigation with only them. Let users add new tags but don't display them in the nav.
Re: JSDB.io - A Database of JavaScript Libraries
#40JSDB is the name of a javascript cross-platform environment based on SpiderMonkey, that exists since 2005 and is still active. http://jsdb.org/
That doesn't seem like a very good name. Why "DB"?
From the front page: "JSDB is JavaScript for databases, a scripting language for data-driven, network-centric programming on Windows, Mac, Linux, and SunOS. JSDB works with databases, XML, the web, and email. It is free and open-source. Use it as a JavaScript shell, to run CGI programs, or as a web server."