A plug-in (or plugin) is a set of software components that adds specific abilities to a larger software application. If supported, plug-ins enable customizing the functionality of an application.
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Pluggin' in Plugins
I'm currently working on an in-house project and a part of that project is this pretty standard plugin loader below.
There must be a way to avoid so many ugly looking ...
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Scanning a directory for plugins and loading them
I'm working on a simple dictionary tool, with a base class that can be extended by plugins to represent different dictionaries. The plugins are organized in the filesystem like this:
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jQuery plugin that makes a slider out of an <ul> list
This is one of my very first jQuery plugins. In short: it makes a slider out of an <ul> list filled with <li> items ...
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Metalsmith plugin for stripping UTF8 BOM from files
I've been developing a metalsmith static site and I came across an issue where Visual Studio was automatically adding a BOM to the pages.
I wrote the following plugin for metalsmith (it needs to be ...
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Minimal Python plugin mechanism
Is there a better way to have a minimal Python plugin mechanism than the following?
(This was inspired from this post.)
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ExtJS Grid Plugin
The code below is a plugin I wrote for Ext.grid.GridPanel, which basically allows you to have a bit more control over how rows are striped in the grid. By default ...
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Animating a block of HTML on scroll
I'm pretty new to client side scripting and I'm still learning.
I've written this JS plugin which animates blocks of HTML (fade-in from left/top/right/bottom) as you scroll down the page.
Everything ...
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First jQuery Plugin - SmoothSlider
I've been working with jQuery, mostly consuming plugins and using bits and pieces here and there for other functionality. Anyways, I wrote some standalone functionality in jQuery for a project and ...
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Responsive text by JavaScript
I'm working on a JavaScript plugin that makes font-sizes flexible (for a responsive layout). The code works well so far, but I'm sure that it's capable of improvement (especially if you look at the ...
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Private methods and properties in jQuery “lightweight start” pattern
For non-plugin code, I generally use the module pattern, but I'm working on a jQuery plugin and decided to try out the "lightweight start" pattern. The problem is, I find myself needing ...
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Review of a jQuery plugin that helps create a responsive Menu
I've just launched my first project on GitHub. It's a jQuery plugin that helps create a responsive menu. It deals with interactivity (essentially using toggle and some classes), and leaves all the ...
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Monitoring params via JMX
A task for hiring on a new job (I failed it with reason "very bad code").
Write a program, which will be monitoring the params via JMX.
Param should have name, type and observabale value.
Why my ...
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Pattern for creating a globally accessible custom plugin
I'm currently using this pattern to create and extend a globally accessible custom plugin to be used in a web application:
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Small jQuery mobile plugin to handle touch events
Why this plugin:
I am developing a mobile app - at some point, I felt like this would be a good idea to give the users the possibility to control everything in the app with touch gestures, hence the ...
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CSS Good Practice on a JavaScript Plugin
I've realized a jQuery Plugin recently and made a basic default CSS for it.
As I'm mainly a server-side guy, I'm not too familiar with CSS and would like to have insight about what could be improved.
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How can I improve/optimize my jQuery PlugIn ?
I have just created my first jQuery plugin.
I am looking to suggestions on how to improve it, leading to a code optimization.
The plugin is working totally fine, but I think there's room for ...
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Plugin for pulling Tweets
I've been working on a jQuery plugin for pulling tweets since the v1 endpoints were all closed off and you need oAuth now. This is just the jQuery part but if you want to see the php behind it I'll be ...
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jQuery Plugin - Sliding Tile Puzzle
I created a basic jQuery plugin to make a basic sliding tile puzzle.
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Tooltip plugin for portfolio website
I am writing my own tooltip plugin for my portfolio website that I am currently working on. It works rather well, however, I feel that there is a lot I could improve. This is one of my bigger jQuery ...
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Deadlock watchdog in a server to defend against poorly written extensions
In the Red5 server we have no control over what implementers do with their applications. As such, we have attempted to implement code that would prevent them from causing bad things to happen.
This ...
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Showing a list of plugins to filter
How can I refactor this function? I show a list of plugins in JSF, and I should filter them. I added function filterPlugins but I have some questions:
Should we ...
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My first jQuery plugin - blurStuff()
I've played with jQuery for some time now but have never written my own plugin.
A question was asked: "can I blur an image using jQuery?" and I thought this to be a decent candidate to play with.
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Review my jQuery 'flip' plugin
A little while ago I wrote some jQuery code to make a div flip (similar to the Apple Dashboard). I know there is already code that has this idea from Jon Raasch, but this code positioned divs ...
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jQuery Datepicker Plugin
I created a jQuery plugin that converts a text field to a 3 drop down, datepicker. It allows the user to select a Day, Month and Year rather than type the date in an input box.
The original input ...
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Replace radio/checkbox plugin
I've just created my first plugin, but I think I've written too much bloated code. Could you point me to the right direction?
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jQuery carousel plugin
I have recently written my first jQuery plugin. It is a responsive jQuery carousel plugin. It seems to be functioning well apart from on window re-size. Sometimes if the window is re-sized too fast I ...
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JavaScript scrippits
I was doing writing some various things in JavaScript and ending up writing 2 scripts that proved useful in quite a lot of my other programs and I was wondering if there was anything that I could do ...
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Converting <li> tags to horizontal responsive barcharts
I am writing my first jQuery plugin that converts li tags to horizontal responsive barcharts. I am looking for some feedback and suggestions regarding the ...
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Communicating between plugins whilst maintaining context in Javascript
I'm making some changes to a JavaScript plugin on a site I've been made steward over. This main plugin has it's own sub-plugins and I'm trying to make certain aspects modular.
Currently, I'm ...
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jQuery to display ANSI graphics
This is my first attempt at a jQuery plugin. Any tips or comments in regards the the plugin setup would be appreciated. I'm also looking for a general review over the code itself. I'm wondering if ...
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jQuery scroll-prevention plugin
This plugin is for article pages that has a very long main content (left side) and a shorter sidebar. When the user scrolls down mostly the right part will be white space.
What this plugin does is ...
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Changing a single jQuery plugin option on window resize
I'm looking to change a single jQuery plugin option when the window hits certain breakpoints.
The code below works, however I'm conscious of repeating code and feel there is a more elegant way ...
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Creating a tab plugin
I am creating a tab plugin. I want to know if there is a better way of doing this or if what I have is good. It works just fine, but there may be some shortcuts or a more optimized way of ...
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Plugin for communication protocols in browser(s)
I would like to get some feedback from the community regarding a plugin I recently moved from requiring jQuery to a stand alone JS implementation.
It is meant to handle browser communication ...
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jQuery plugin to ajaxify forms
This is my first foray into the wild world of jQuery plugin development. The plugin "ajaxifies" forms, which isn't particularly spectacular:
It gets the basics (action, method) from the form ...
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Improving jQuery scrolldown animations
I'm pretty new to client side scripting and I'm still learning.
I've written this JS plugin which animates blocks of HTML (fade-in from left/top/right/bottom) as you scroll down the page.
Everything ...
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jQuery collapse/expand plugin
This is my first plugin for JavaScript. It originated from a need for a similar feature at work and I decided to make it a bit more generic in case I needed it again. I was just wanting some criticism ...
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Leanmodel plugin
I have recently adapted the popular leanmodal plugin (with permission). Being "intermediate" with JS (need to learn more), I was wondering if anyone would like to review my code for efficiency.
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Display Twitter timelines and lists on a website
I've built a Twitter plugin recently and was wondering if I could get some feedback on it. There is also a PHP side that grabs the actual tweets and I can post that code if it's needed.
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Custom event to match CSS :target pseudo-class
The following code makes jQuery trigger a new target event on elements when they become the target of the fragment identifier.
For a very basic example, the ...
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Cross-browser/OS testing and review of my jQuery Plugin (Hovr)
I've created a simple jQuery plugin to allow developers to quickly create image hover effects with very simple markup. I also created an option to automatically create the mouseover or mouseout ...
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Plugin for WordPress and Foundation Reveal
I figure that someone here probably knows a much better way to do this. I'm still figuring out AJAX and jQuery, so I consider that I still need to master quite a bit of knowledge.
My function ...
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Drop down menu plugin
I am making a dropdown menu in JavaScript for my website, and recently I decided I wanted to make it a plugin (as in, upload it on the web and make it compatible with other plugins). I am new to ...
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MEF Execute Plugin Exports in Threads
I am developing a service application that would implement a peer to peer messaging system. I am wondering if my following code is the best approach. It works, but I am naive and it would be nice to ...
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Database Plugin for CKFinder users
I have written a small plugin library for CKFinder that I would like some critiques on.
The library is located here.
If you are looking for where to start, check out plugin.php and hook function in ...
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Simple IRC bot with plugin support
I'm looking to see if there is anything in this I could have done better or see if could have structured the code better. Here is the project on GitHub.
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Menu Bar Animation Plugin
I'm fairly new to JS/jQuery (a few months), and I think it's time to start getting involved in the community. So I wrote a little plugin. Nothing revolutionary. Really, the project is to write a ...
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JavaScript jQuery plugin options. Defaults, User Options, and immutable settings pattern?
I'm writing a jQuery plugin.
I'm allowing the user to pass options (optionally-- argument 2 to extend) but I also require some defaults (argument 1), and some things user is not allowed to modify ...
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