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js-in-thephotolabs

A brief overview of the (many) JS libs used in construction of ThePhotoLabs.com

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js in thephotolabs

A brief overview of the (many) JS libs used 

in the construction of ThePhotoLabs.com

What IS ThePhotoLabs?

A web app for HDR photographers.

What IS HDR Photography?

HDR = High Dynamic Range
wat?

A better Question : WHY HDR?

Eyes are fantastic optical instruments.
Cameras are not as good.
And kind of dumb.

You Don't Want This

OR This

WHAT IS HDR?

A method to try to overcome
the suckiness delta between 
cameras, monitors, and printers
vs
the human eye.

Basic Utility Libs

  • JQuery - Cross browser abstraction, DOM selection/manipulation, AJAX
  • JQueryUI - Datepicker, Draggable, Droppable, Effect Fade, Selectable, Slider, Sortable
  • Backbone.js - Client side MVC (OK, mostly just MV, not so much C)
  • Underscore.js - Required by Backbone
  • Twitter Bootstrap - Tabs, Modals, Accordions, Drop Downs, Tooltips

Yes, You're Right

That *IS* a lot of 'utility' libraries.

PJAX

Load only a portion of the content on navigation events.
Not the entire page.
Avoids extra JS/CSS parsing and setup.
Used for gallery navigation (among other things).

PLUPload

Drag & Drop Uploads

PUSHEr

Real time push notifications.
Trigger events on the client directly from your server.

JQuery Gritter

Growl type pop up notifications.
Receive events from Pusher and trigger Gritter.

Chosen

Awesome select lists

JQuery UI Touch PUnch

Punch some touch friendlyness
into JQuery UI.

Backbone Paginator

Pagination for Backbone collections.

caman JS

Image manipulation via <canvas>

Pixastic

More image manipulation.
Only used to build histograms.
Luckily they provide a customized mini build.

And Finally

Completely unrelated to anyting....

StarLogs.net

Make your commit history epic!

Thanks For Watching!

Jeremy Green
jeremy@octolabs.com