Every frontend developer is quite familiar with the jQuery library and its functionality. jQuery provides a simple API for building quick dynamic interfaces without a whole lot of code.
Thanks to the super engaged jQuery developer community, who is always creating new and amazing stuff, there are tons of great jQuery plugins out there, plugins that cover all sorts of functionalities.
For December 2016 roundup we have chosen some of the best and Useful jQuery Plugins that released recently.
And which we feel are best for your upcoming projects and time time-saving solutions to many of the modern design and development issues you may have.
1.Uppy
Uppy is (going to be) a sleek, modular file uploader that integrates seemlessly with any framework. It fetches files from local disk, Google Drive, Dropbox, Instagram, remote URLs, cameras and other exciting locations, and then uploads them to the final destination. It’s fast, easy to use and let’s you worry about more important problems than building a file uploader.
2. Slidebox
A simple light-weight jQuery plugin that makes a div (or another block element) moving from outside the page to one side of your choice when scrolling to a specific point. It can be triggered when any DOMElement is visible or at any specific offset, closing option for the whole session on the page is avialable.
3. EasyFader
EasyFader is an ultralight fading slideshow plugin for responsive layouts by using jQuery.
4. Hover Carousel
Hover Carousel is a lightweight carousel which only moves left and right in relation to the mouse position inside it’s area.
5. sdFilterMe
sdFilterMe is a simple light-weight jQuery plugin to easily filter and order portfolio, articles, gallery, etc.
6. Background Blur
Background Blur plugin is an ultra small, cross browser jQuery plugin for blurring images.
7. TextComplete
jQuery.textcomplete is a jQuery plugin that introduces autocompleting power to textareas, like a GitHub comment form has.
8. Easy Tree
Easy Tree is a jQuery plugin that can convert an un-order list to a tree easily with Bootstrap 3 support. Tree items can be selectable, addable, editable and deletable.
9. fbMessenger
It is a jQuery plugin to easily visualize fake Facebook Messenger interactions, with an iPhone theme. Ideal for your bot landing page. Please note that this plugin is meant for demonstration purposes only and was not built to reproduce a pixel-perfect Messenger experience.
10. Christmas 3D
Christmas 3D is a premium multi-purpose jQuery library for smart, fast, modern and comfortable site decoration. hristmas 3D are responsive to any site with natural and intuitive effects. It uses cutting edge technologies to provide the smoothest experience that’s possible, and it comes like easy installable JavaScript library.
Christmas 3D are friendly supported by responsive mode and touch on mobile devices. There is also simple and easy to understand jQuery settings, which provides perfect integration to existing code.
11. jQuery UI Month Picker
The jQuery UI Month Picker Plugin is designed to allow user input for only a month and year when only that input is required. Clicking on the year, allows the user to jump ahead or back 12 years at a time. Clicking anywhere on the page, except on the month picker menu itself, will cause the month picker to hide.
The Month Picker has lots of options for date validation, setting the start year, using an icon button, input masking, internationalization, localization and more.
12. Flexdatalist
Flexdatalist is jQuery autocomplete plugin with support for datalist. There are many options, methods and events to customize plugin.
13. mgGlitch
mgGlitch is a little jQuery plugin to glitch everything. This plugin will clone the selected element (html or image) 3 times :
• first element become a static background
• next element with glitch property and lower interval
• next element with glitch property, higher interval and scale options
• next element with glitch property, higher interval, scale options and blend mode apply
14. MusicUI
jQuery plugin that transform HTML éléments (range, progress, select….) in music device like interface.
15. Real Time Forex Charts
Real-time FOREX Charts is a JavaScript / jQuery plugin, which allows you to add an interactive FOREX chart to your website. Currency rates are updated in real time. The plugin exposes a number of options that let you customize look and feel of the chart. Visitors can select currency pair and type of chart (line, smoothed line, area, step or candlestick).