JFreeChart is a free 100% Java chart library that makes it easy for developers to display professional quality charts in their applications.The JFreeChart project was founded seven years ago, in February 2000, by David Gilbert. Today, JFreeChart is used by approximately 40,000 to 50,000 developers. JFreeChart’s extensive feature set includes:
- a consistent and well-documented API, supporting a wide range of chart types.
- a flexible design that is easy to extend, and targets both server-side and client-side applications.
- support for many output types, including Swing components, image files (including PNG and JPEG), and vector graphics file formats (including PDF, EPS and SVG).
- JFreeChart is “open source” or, more specifically, free software. It is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL), which permits use in proprietary applications.
Requirements: Java 2 platform (JDK version 1.3 or later)
Demo: http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/samples.html
License: LGPL License
CodePress is a web-based source code editor with syntax highlighting written in JavaScript that colors text in real time while it’s being typed in the browser. It supports PHP, Java, Javascript, Perl, SQL, HTML and CSS. CodePress is distributed under the LGPL. It provides the following features.
- Real-time syntax highlighting » just write some code
- Code snippets » on PHP example type “if” and press [tab]
- Auto completion » simple type ” or ( or ‘ or [ or { on any example below (except Plain Text)
- Shortcuts » on PHP example press [ctrl][shift][space]. It’s shortcut to
- Multiple windows » you can add multiple CodePress windows to the same page
Requirements: Modern Browsers with Javascript Enabled
Demo: http://www.codepress.org/
License: LGPL License
Another great Addon for Ext Framework again. Ext File Upload Form Widget is to provide an user interface for easy uploading of files to a server.
Files are first added to an “upload queue” and then they are uploaded to the server. Any file can be individually removed from the queue before upload or the whole queue can be cleared.
The result of upload is shown for each file by icons of success or failure and, in the case of failure, the server error message is shown as the tooltip of the failure icon.
Requirements: Ext Framework
Demo: http://aariadne.com/uploadform/
License: LGPL License
RichFaces is a rich component library for JavaServer Faces built on an advanced open source framework (Ajax4jsf). It allows easy integration of AJAX capabilities into enterprise-level business application development. RichFaces enriches the Ajax4jsf framework in two important ways. First, it expands the number of visual ready-to-use components. Secondly, it fully implements the skinability feature of the Ajax4jsf framework including a large number of predefined skins. Using skinability, it is much easier to manage the look-and-feel of an application.
This demo Web application showcases the most important functionality available in RichFaces components. For each component or component set selected in the left-hand sidebar, you can see it in action. Also, you can instantly see the effect of predefined skins on the application whole look-and-feel. I really like the “Drag Indicator” one.
Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://livedemo.exadel.com/richfaces-demo/
License: LGPL License
We have mentioned earlier Ext is a JavaScript framework for building web applications. It has got some stunning UI components to aid your development. We can use Ext Framework to create Beautiful Ext Grid Tables easily. The tables provide the following features.
- Expander Rows, Collapse and Forse Fit
- Framed with Checkbox Selection and Horizontal Scrolling
- Grid with Numbered Rows
- Support for Panel Features such as Framing, Buttons and Toolbars
Requirements: Ext Framework
Demo: http://extjs.com/playpen/ext-2.0/examples/grid/grid3.html
License: LGPL License
Multi-color sIFR (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement) is a technology that allows you to replace text elements on screen with Flash equivalents with colors. sIFR is a DOM replacement method originally conceived by Shaun Inman and turned into a high quality cross-browser, cross-platform typography solution for the masses.
sIFR allows website headings, pull-quotes and other elements to be styled in whatever font the designer chooses without the user having it installed on their machine.
Multi-color sFIR implementation is easy – just add sEmColor:”#FF4400″, sStrongColor:”#FF0000″ and sSpanColor:”#EE6600″ into your named argument call function at the bottom of the .html file and if the script finds a <strong>, <em> or <span> elements, each one will be colored3. And they can be nested, too.
Requirements: Browsers required Flash
Demo: http://webdesign.maratz.com/lab/multi_color_sifr/
License: LGPL License
Akelos is a PHP4 and PHP5 port of Ruby on Rails PHP framework for developing database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller pattern. From the Ajax in the view, to the request and response in the controller, to the domain model wrapping the database the Akelos PHP Framework gives you a pure-PHP development environment built upon programming best practices. To go live, all you need to add is a database and a web server. Akelos PHP Framework is designed for PHP developers who want to enjoy writing web applications and Ruby on Rails developers who need to code in PHP. It allows developers to write multilingual web applications easily as well. It lets you write beautiful PHP Code by favoring convention over configuration.
Requirements: Web Server and Database
Demo: http://www.akelos.org/screencasts
License: LGPL License
Ext is a JavaScript framework for building web applications. In early 2006, Jack Slocum began working on a set of extension utilities for the Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) library. These extensions were quickly organized into an independent library of code and distributed under the name “yui-ext“. By the end of the year, the library had gained so much in popularity that the name was changed simply to Ext, a reflection of its maturity and independence as a framework.
Requirements: Internet Explorer 6+, FireFox 1.5+, Safari 2+, Opera 9+
Demo: http://extjs.com/deploy/ext/docs/index.html
License: LGPL License
HTML text editor brings to the web much of the power of desktop editors like MS Word. FCKeditor is a lightweight and doesn’t require any kind of installation on the client computer. Web Developers can customize the toolbar, change the skin and install new plugins easily. Users can font formatting and create html text without any difficulties.
Requirements: Internet Explorer 5.5+, Firefox 1.0+, Mozilla 1.3+ and Netscape 7+
Demo: http://www.fckeditor.net/demo
License: GPL, LGPL and MPL License
Amberjack enables webmasters to create cool site tours like Demofuse. By guiding your site visitors, Amberjack tours can greatly improve the usability of your website. It is also a lightweight (4kb) cross-browsers javascript library under LGPL license. Best of all, nothing needs to be installed. Use the Tour Wizard to create great looking and helpful tours for your site or web application.
Requirements: Any Modern Browsers with Javascript Enabled
Demo: http://amberjack.org
License: LGPL License
