lshimokawa / frontend-tools

Landscaping With Front-end Tools

#Landscaping (i.e. build stuff) With Frontend Tools

####An opinionated list of frontend tools for desktop/laptop (i.e. does not include tablet or phone yet) development

pull requests welcome!

######Workflow/Builds/Assemblers

• [ ] yeoman
• [ ] lumbar
• [ ] brunch
• [ ] grunt
• [ ] codeKit
• [ ] liveReload
• [ ] stealJS
• [ ] anvil.js
• [ ] volo

######Browser Package Managers (checkout: Front-End Package Manager Comparison)

• [ ] bower
• [ ] component
• [ ] ender
• [ ] jam

######CSS Base

• [ ] normalize.css

######CSS Frameworks

• [ ] foundation
• [ ] bootstrap
• [ ] kube
• [ ] skeleton

######HTML Base

• [ ] HTML5 Boilerplate

######DOM Scripting

• [ ] jQuery
  • [ ] jQuery++
• [ ] zepto
• [ ] mooTools
• [ ] Enders The Jeesh
  • [ ] domReady
  • [ ] query
  • [ ] bonzo
  • [ ] bean

######JS Helpers

• [ ] lo-dash
• [ ] string.js
• [ ] underscore
  • [ ] underscore.string
• [ ] sugar.js
• [ ] valentine
• [ ] platform.js
• [ ] modernizr
  • [ ] yepnope

######CSS Helpers

• [ ] -prefix-free

######Module Loaders

• [ ] require.js
  • [ ] almond
• [ ] cajon
• [ ] browserify
• [ ] curl
• [ ] shepherd-js

######Templates

• [ ] handlebars
• [ ] pure
• [ ] dust
• [ ] transparency
• [ ] plates
• [ ] mustache
• [ ] icanhaz
• [ ] hogan.js
• [ ] doT.js
• [ ] underscore

######UI Widgets

• [ ] chico-ui
• [ ] google closure
• [ ] DHTMLX
• [ ] extJS
• [ ] kendoUI
• [ ] qooxdoo
• [ ] boostrap components & javascript
• [ ] wijmo
• [ ] YUI3 Widgets
• [ ] dojo dijits
• [ ] jQuery UI

######Testing Frameworks

• [ ] mocha
• [ ] buster.js
• [ ] casperJS
• [ ] benchmark.js

######Tests

• [ ] qunit
• [ ] jasmine
• [ ] expect.js

######JS Auto Documentation Tools

• [ ] yuiDoc
• [ ] docco
  • [ ] docco-husky
• [ ] jsduck
• [ ] jsdoc

######CSS Auto Documentation Tools

• [ ] kss
• [ ] styledocco/

######JS Quality Validators

• [ ] jslint
• [ ] jshint

######CSS Quality Validators

• [ ] csslint
• [ ] recess

######JS Optimizer/Minification/Compression Tools

• [ ] google closure compiler
• [ ] uglifyJS
• [ ] YUI Compressor

######CSS Optimizer/Minification/Compression Tools

• [ ] YUI Compressor

######Remote DOM and JS Testing

• [ ] browserstack
• [ ] browserling/testling
• [ ] selenium
• [ ] JS test driver

######Languages Compiling to CSS

• [ ] SASS
  • [ ] compass
• [ ] stylus
  • [ ] nib
• [ ] less

######Languages Compiling to JS

• [ ] coffeeScript
• [ ] dart
• [ ] roy
• [ ] ClojureScript

######Languages Compliling to HTML

• [ ] jade
• [ ] haml

######Front End Application Frameworks (backend agnostic)

• [ ] backbone
  • [ ] marionette
  • [ ] chaplin
  • [ ] aura
  • [ ] thorax
• [ ] ember
• [ ] knockout
• [ ] canjs
• [ ] spine
• [ ] angularJS

######Front End Application Frameworks (with backend opinions)

• [ ] derby (requires NodeJS)
• [ ] flatiron (requires NodeJS)
• [ ] batman.js (requires NodeJS)
• [ ] jsMVC (requires Java)

######Full Stack Application Frameworks

• [ ] tower.js (requires NodeJS)
• [ ] wakanda
• [ ] meteor

######Frontend (with backend opinions) Kitchen Sink Solutions (tools below provide a mixture of the things above)

• [ ] YUI3
• [ ] dojo
• [ ] extJS
• [ ] qooxdoo
• [ ] google closure