Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

Since 2005, Socialcast has been a leader in the development of on-demand collaboration software. Socialcast unites traditional intranet features with social networking technology to empower employees to expand, create and share knowledge across the enterprise. Socialcast is a simple, secure, free collaboration tool that helps employees communicate in real time.

Recently, Sociacast has announced that all new corporate networks will be free to join and use for employees and site administrators. Additionally, administration rights for these networks are completely free. Administrators can manage user access and customize the site’s look and feel at no charge.

This exciting news opens up access to Socialcast’s Enterprise-ready tool for thousands of organizations across the globe. Socialcast is simple to use for new companies and their employees, and at the same time provides a robust, useful and customized experience for companies that may be using other free tools on the market.

Requirements: -
Demo: http://www.socialcast.com/
License: License Free

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UIzard is an in-browser web application development tool built on various Javascript Framework. You can add and arrange UI components easily by using Drag & Drop in-browser environment. You can also edit JavaScript Code or Html Code on the in-browser environment without operating other editors. You can preview the result of your works immediately.

UIzard is an open source project, following GPL v2 License. However, it is only a beta version so it can be a little unstable at the moment. You can always see UIzard in action here.

Requirements: -
Demo: http://uizard.org/UIzard/uizard.php?action=newProject
License: GPL v2 License

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The jQuery BlockUI Plugin lets you simulate synchronous behavior when using AJAX, without locking the browser. When activated, it will prevent user activity with the page (or part of the page) until it is deactivated.

BlockUI adds elements to the DOM to give it both the appearance and behavior of blocking user interaction. It is particular useful for creating loading screen for web application. BlockUI is compatible with jQuery v1.2.3 and later.

Requirements: jQuery Framework v1.2.3+
Demo: http://malsup.com/jquery/block/
License: MIT, GPL License

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Face
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Messaging 
Programmes, or even on website, Forum, Blog and wherever you want in the virtual world.

With FaceyourManga you can create your own pretty and funny Avatar without needing any artistic skills. Once you have completed the Avatar, enter your nickname, birth date and e-mail address. You will receive an e-mail containing the Avatar immediately.

Requirements: -
Demo: http://www.faceyourmanga.com/
License: License Free

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It is a good news to web application developers. Google Analytics Data Export API beta is now publicly available to all Analytics users. The Data Export API is easy to use and provides read-only access to all your Analytics data. Any data that’s available through the standard Analytics web interface is available through the API.

Developers can integrate Google Analytics into their existing products and create standalone applications that they sell. Users could see snapshots of their Analytics data in developer created dashboards and gadgets. Individuals and business owners will have opportunities to access their Google Analytics information in a variety of new ways with Google Analytics Data Export API.

For example, you can accessing Analytics from your desktop with Polaris from now on. Polaris is a cross-platform desktop widget for Google Analytics. With 8 standard reports it’s the easiest way keep your data always instantly available. The rich interface and swift navigation make it a pleasure to use.

Source: http://analytics.blogspot.com/2009/04/attention-developers…

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PHPanywhere is a web based free Integrated Development Environment or IDE for the PHP language, in other words it is an application that gives developers all the code editing capabilities they need to develop PHP applications online. It includes a real-time syntax code editor with support for all web formats and a powerful FTP editor.

PHPanywhere works in a browser, you can start coding right away, no need for installing anything. Best of all you can work from anywhere. You can also share your work and allow others to work on your projects on PHPanywhere easily.

Requirements: -
Demo: http://phpanywhere.net/
License: License Free

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Wikirank shows you what people are reading on Wikipedia. It’s based on the actual usage data from the Wikipedia servers, which the Wikimedia foundation makes available as a public service. They take that data, process it, and give it back to you in a format that’s easy to use and share. Wikirank reveals emerging trends, and lets you embed relevant charts in blog posts and on social media sites.

From a technical perspective, the charts on Wikirank are based on logs from Wikipedia’s HTTP Squid proxy servers. That means every single page load is recorded, whether initiated by a human with a browser or a Web spider crawling through. Therefore, the numbers for a topic on a particular day can’t be considered absolute impressions the way, say, an ad server might count them.

The data of Wikirank indicates relative increases or decreases, so the shape of the charts is more important than the specific number of views. Comparisons are even more interesting, as relative interest in multiple topics can be ranked.

Requirements: -
Demo: http://wikirank.com
License: GFDL License

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TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions. TinEye is the first image search engine on the web to use image identification technology rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks.

When you submit an image to be searched, TinEye creates a unique and compact digital signature or ‘fingerprint’ for it, then compares this fingerprint to every other image in their index to retrieve matches. TinEye can even find a partial fingerprint match.

TinEye does not typically find similar images; it finds exact matches including those that have been cropped, edited or resized. I have found TinEye very useful, you can easily find out who has stolen your images from your website or portfolio. You can see how powerful TinEye is by checking out their search examples.

Source: http://tineye.com/

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Every web developer today faces the challenge of checking website compatibility across a large pool of browsers and browser versions in the marketplace. Up and until now, either you could install every browser, verify the website via a visual inspection and debug with tools specialized to that browser, or you could send a URL to a third-party screenshotting service like BrowserShots for an all-in-one visual inspection.

The former is messy and tedious but gives you more control and an opportunity to diagnose problems, whilst the latter is simple but slow and useless to fix the problem. Long Zheng has shown us SuperPreview is the best of both worlds.

SuperPreview as a tool allows you to compare different rendering engines in a single unified interface. Simple clicks gives you comparisons between Internet Explorer 6, the native version of Internet Explorer installed, other browsers you may have installed locally - Firefox 3.5, Safari 3, Safari 4 - and even an bitmap images of website prototypes.

Source: Expression Web SuperPreview

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SundayMorning is a jQuery plugin which allow site-owners to offer their visitors some easy and fancy ways to translate their content in more than 30 languages. It uses the Google translate API. You can have Inline translation with menu, Word translation or Translation with remote trigger. It is available as a Bookmarklet as well. SundayMorning has been tested on Internet Explorer 6/7, Firefox 3, Safari 3.

Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://sundaymorning.jaysalvat.com/
License: MIT and GPL License

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