Web Flashcards
Node
Node.js : JavaScript framework for building event-driven, distributed, I/O applications. Designed for real-time and intensive data driven apps. Built on Chrome’s JavaScript engine.
Rhino
JavaScript engine written entirely in Java. Useful for providing scripting frameworks in large applications.
iframe
Inline Frame. An HTML document embedded inside of another HTML document. Often used to insert advertisements or video.
io.js
npm compatible framework originally based on Node.js. Built on V8 runtime. Supporting EcmaScript 6 and V8 for Node users seems to be its thrust. Alternative to Node.
V8
Chrome’s JavaScript runtime environment
ES6
EcmaScript 6. Fixes some annoying JavaScript problems, such as variable hoisting. Provides constants, expressive closures, reflection, and more.
npm
Package manager for JavaScript. Default manager for Node.js.
Ember
JavaScript application framework. Provides data binding, declarative programming.
SVG
Scalable Vector Graphics. Describes vector graphics in XML. Can be hand-manipulated! HTML 5 supports and SVG tag!
D3
Data visualization and manipulation library in JavaScript. Based on HTML, SVG, and CSS. Tag selections support pipelined, functional approach.
JQuery
JavaScript selection framework. More expressive than the built-in JavaScript selection process (which is verbose and tedious).
Prototype
A more elegant API wrapped around Ajax and DOM.
JSON
JavaScript Object Notation. A lightweight data-interchange format.
Lightbox
Javascript that displays videos and images by enlarging them and dimming the rest of the screen.
Carousel
Bootstrap’s (or some other framework’s) picture cycling technology.