Overview of used technologies for client layer

libraries and frameworks

The following overview shows you, which libraries and frameworks we are currently using for the client layer in our project.

Frameworks

• Backbone.js
• MV* Framework
• Used for rendering and structuring
• Project page
• For more information's why decided us for backbone, have a look here

Libraries and Plugins

• Handlebars
• Templating engine
• Used to render templates via the backbone views
• Project page
• Require.js
  • Dependecy manager
  • Project page
• text
  • Plugin for require.js
  • Used for loading text resources
  • Project page
• Mousetrap
• Mouse and keyboard capturing
• Used to handle inputs via mouse and keyboard (i.e. navigating via arrow-key's)
• Project page
• Underscore
  • Library whits lots of supporting functions for collections, arrays and objects
  • Backbone depends on this library
  • Project page
• Raphael
  • Library which simplifies the work with vector graphics
  • Used to render the links between the nodes in [BROWSER]
  • Project page
• JQuery
  • Librariy which helps to manipulate, animate and handle DOM-elements and handle events
  • Project page
• JQueryUI
  • Library for user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes
  • Depends on JQuery
  • Project page
• JQuery.SVG
  • Plugin which helps to render vector graphics
  • Used to render the links between the nodes in [BROWSER]
• JQuery.mousewheel
  • Captures the movement of the mousewheel
  • Used to enable scrolling in the map
  • Project page
• JQuery.transformAnimate * *
• JQuery.json * *
• json2 * *