Def.js, CSS3 Pie
Def.js
If you don’t love Prototype objects and inheritance there are many alternative options available. Mainly because prototype-based programming is so flexible, which is ironic when you think about it. Anyway, I found Def.js (MIT License) today. It’s written by Tobias Schneider, and aims to ape Ruby’s object model.
What I found interesting about this library is it uses a single method to generate objects. I haven’t seen this approach before, but I’m probably just late to the party:
def('User') ({
init: function(name) {
this.name = name;
}
});
def('Admin') << User ({
init: function(name){
__super__();
}
});
I like the use of def('Admin') << User.
CSS3 Pie
CSS3 Pie (Apache 2.0) by Jason Johnston stands for Progressive Internet Explorer. It brings CSS3 features to IE through IE’s HTML Components and JavaScript. Although Modernizr is widely used, Pie is simply focused on bringing the missing CSS3 elements to IE.