jQuery is quite popular among website developers and to make life a little bit easier, many plugins are made for it. jQuery has changed the way developers write JavaScript and the way users interact with websites and web applications. If you’re a developer, you know what a pleasure it can be to work with jQuery, especially the convenience of plugins.
Current trend of web design and development has been dramatically revolutionised by the techniques of CSS3, jQuery and HTML5. They can not only build a very beautiful site that has great visibility, affordance and feedback, but also get this done in an easier way with the help of so many free open source libraries and plugins. In this post, we’ve rounded up 10 jQuery Plugins that Will Make your Life Easier.
Spin.js
Create a spinner without any images or external CSS.
jQuery File Upload Plugin
A fully functional and pretty file uploader plugin.
blur.js
blur.js is a jQuery plugin that produces psuedo-transparent blurred elements over other elements.
Gips
Gips is a clean and simple jQuery plugin and is based on Gips Freebie . Its simple, customizable, and easy to use. It also supports CSS themes.
Nestable
Drag & drop hierarchical list with mouse and touch compatibility (jQuery plugin)
notify
Notify! is a jQuery Notification Plugin which adds simple notifications bars that you can use on your website and application to assist users while they fill in forms, navigate through pages or interact with interface.
hammer.js
A javascript library for multi-touch gestures
TypeButter
TypeButter allows you to set optical kerning for any font on your website.
Websanova Paint
A little jQuery plugin paint app that allows you to draw an image using some basic tools providing ability to load and save the images drawn.
iPicture
iPicture is a jQuery Plugin to create interactive pictures with extra descriptions.
Adipoli
Adipoli is a simple jQuery plugin used to bring stylish image hover effects.
The Wookmark jQuery plugin
We have received several questions about how the grid layout on wookmark.com is created so we created this simple plugin. It lays out a series of elements in a dynamic column grid.