Weekly Web Design & Development News: Collective #574

by jQueryScript,

A roundup of the latest and most popular development & design resources (Javascript & CSS libraries, Code snippets, Web Dev News & Resources, Curated AI Tools, Graphic Design Freebies, etc.)  from the past week (Week 41, 2024).

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JavaScript & CSS

Oops.js - A JavaScript library that adds advanced undo and redo functionalities to your applications.. (Live Demo)

Oops.js

color-bits - A lightweight, high-performance JavaScript library for parsing and manipulating colors. (Live Demo)

color-bits

ctree.js - Brighten your console with a festive Christmas tree generated by ctree.js. Add some holiday cheer to your JavaScript projects. (Live Demo)

ctree.js

absolute-masonry - A lightweight JavaScript library for creating responsive, draggable, Masonry-style grid layouts. (Live Demo)

absolute-masonry

Party Confetti - Create a interactive and customizable confetti animation with JavaScript. Enhance your website with this festive & party touch! (Live Demo)

Party Confetti

Notico.js - A simple and lightweight JavaScript notification library to create clear, non-intrusive, sliding alerts on your webpage. (Live Demo)

Notico.js

Auto-Scroll - A tiny JavaScript library that enables automatic scrolling on any scrollable element on your webpage. Perfect for long content, news feeds, and more. (Live Demo)

Auto-Scroll

qrs - Stream data through multiple series of QR codes. (Live Demo)

fetch-in-chunks - A utility for fetching large files in chunks with support for parallel downloads, progress tracking, and request abortion. (Live Demo)

mizu.js - A lightweight html templating customizable engine for all side rendering. No build steps, no config, no headaches. (Live Demo)

littlezipper - Small, fast .zip library using native CompressionStream, suits server and client.

babel-plugin-transform-regex - Babel plugin for the regex package. (Live Demo)

Rosemary.js - A flexible and powerful knowledge management library that serves as a canvas for your ideas and data.

AudioVectorscope - A web-based application that provides real-time visualization of audio signals using a vectorscope display. (Live Demo)

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Web Dev Tools & Resources

KnowledgeTable - An open-source package designed to simplify extracting and exploring structured data from unstructured documents. 

QuickPic - Turn SVGs into high resolution PNGs in 2 clicks.

NPM Chart - Search for a package to see its download stats over time.

Tailwind Grid Generator - A tool that helps developers create custom Tailwind grid layouts more easily. 

Tenno - A live editable Markdown editor that lets you add cells like Excel.


Graphic Design Freebies

7 Slack Emojis - A set of 7 Slack emojis which can be used for sharing progress updates and reacting to posts.

7 Slack Emojis

Piconss - A collection of customizable SVG icons for dark, light and default.

Discover more Graphic Design Freebies →


Curated Free AI Tools

Lumona - Free AI Search Engine with Social Insights.

Blinkshot - Free Real-Time AI Image Generator.

Text Behind Image - Add Text Behind Main Object Of A Photo.

FacePoke - Open-source Real-Time Portrait Transformation.

Discover more Free AI Tools →


News & Articles

The Case for Web Components: A Simpler, Framework-Free Future for the Web (Link)

Announcing Deno 2 (Link)

Five Design Patterns to know in Node.js (Link)

CSS nesting improves with CSSNestedDeclarations (Link)


JavaScript & CSS Snippets

Toggle Circular Glitch (I)

See the Pen Toggle Circular Glitch (I) by Alvaro Montoro (@alvaromontoro) on CodePen.


Gooey Cursor

See the Pen Gooey Cursor by Thea (@HighFlyer) on CodePen.


Pixel Per Character Scroll Words with CSS/GSAP

See the Pen Pixel Per Character Scroll Words with CSS/GSAP by Jhey (@jh3y) on CodePen.


Circular reading progress

See the Pen Scroll Animation #04 Circular reading progress by Alberto García Ariza (@turuto) on CodePen.