Front-End Web Development Products

The right tools for the job are a critical factor in making any front-end development project a success. jQuery has emerged as the leading Javascript library on the web today, with over 30% of the market.

jQuery

jQuery - Write Less, Do MorejQuery is designed to change the way that programmers write JavaScript. This one-of-its-kind fast and concise JavaScript Library simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. Read more »

jQuery UI

jQuery UIjQuery UI provides abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, themed widgets, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, that programmers can use to build highly interactive web applications. Read more »

QUnit

QUnitQUnit is a powerful, easy-to-use, JavaScript test suite. It is primarily used to test jQuery code and plug-ins, but is capable of testing any generic JavaScript code (and even capable of testing JavaScript code on the server-side).

QUnit is especially useful for regression testing. Whenever a bug is reported, you can write a test that asserts the existence of that particular bug. Then fix it and commit both. Every time you work on the code again, run the tests. If the bug comes up again - a regression - you'll spot it immediately and know how to fix it, because you know what code you just changed. Read more »

Testswarm

The primary goal of TestSwarm is to take the complicated, and time-consuming, process of running JavaScript test suites in multiple browsers and to grossly simplify it. It achieves this goal by providing all the tools necessary for creating a continuous integration workflow for your JavaScript project. Read more »