110+ javascript / Ajax bookmarks for web developers

I’ve been playing with some neato javascript bits and bobs recently – and the wealth of open source bits and bobs out there is amazing. This post is a little roundup of some things Javascript that I’ve spotted (and duly bookmarked) on my travels, that will defo come in useful in most web development projects.

Frameworks:

Yahoo UI
ProtoType
JQuery
OpenRico
ExtJS
Scriptaculous
DoJo
Moofx
QoodXoo
GWT
TacoNite
Sarissa
Spry

Galleries

Galleria
FrogJS
HighSlide
SmoothGallery
DHTMLGoodies – Image Slideshow
Google Slideshow
JQuery Cycle
PhatFusion Gallery
Ajax Slideshow with XML
TripTracker Slideshow
Aeron Slideshow
WebTwo Ajax Slideshow
Spry Gallery Demo
jQuery ImageStrip Slideshow
MiniShowCase
Ajax Coverflow (Slideflow)
Lightweight Gallery
Livepipe Photo Folder
jaS Gallery
Mooflow
Cross browser toys Gallery
Moo Cycle

Menus

Sliding Bar Menu – Mootools
jQuery Fastfind Menu
Apple Dock
Image Menu amongst others – as seen on Microsoft
Tree menu
Context Menu
LavaLamp for jQuery
Slashdot menu
Mootools Menu copy
Css Dock Menu
Nice Horizontal menu
Accessible Expanding Menu
MultiLevel Menu – jQuery
jQuery HoverAccordion
Apple Hover Menu sim
Simple Javascript Accordian
StickMan Labs Accordian
MooTools clone
Nyko Glitter Tabs
Horizontal Accordion
Colour Transition
Dropdown Menu with jQuery

Modal Windows / Lightboxes

Livepipes Modal Box
Lightbox gone wild
Thickbox
SubModal
Lightbox without Images
lightbox
Moodalbox
Lightwindow
Videobox: Lightbox for videos
Facebox
Multibox
Shadowbox
GlassBox
jQuery Lightbox Plugin
jQuery Lightbox Plugin Bal
Highslide JS
YUI based Lightbox
Mediabox
SqueezeBox
iBox
mooSlideBox
Smoothbox

Tooltips

Javascript Focusing Library
Nice titles
Nice Titles Revision
Ajax Enabled Help Balloons
jTip
jQuery plugin tooltip
qTip
Cody Lindley’s Tooltip
Boxover
SuperNotes
Coda Puff Effect

Forms

jNice – Jquery Nice Forms
Custom Checkboxes
Checkbox Group
Ajax driven combobox

Widgets

DragnDrop Library
AutoComplete
Fat Focus
Form Field hints
UI component for Prototype
Interface Elements for jQuery
jQuery ScrollTo
jScrollPane
AutoSuggest AutoComplete
Ajax AutoComplete
Autocomplete with JSON

Other

Logging Framework JS

Mapping

Web map server Javascript library
Google Maps Api
Ajax GIS client
MapStraction
Giant Pan
Zoomify

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