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https://github.com/olical/spark

A lightweight yet powerful JavaScript library
https://github.com/olical/spark

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A lightweight yet powerful JavaScript library

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## This project is dead!



I haven't worked on this at all for a very long time, my skills have come a long way since then though. You might want to have a look at my other projects or my [blog](http://oli.me.uk/).



You may still learn something from the source though, so feel free to pick it apart. I would not advise using this for anything serious though. At all.



## About

Spark is my attitude towards coding summed up in one lovely script. I love to reinvent the wheel, but better. So what I did was take something that already exists (a JavaScript library), and make it easier to learn and use. It is easier to learn because I have tried to make all of the functions as multi-use as possible.



For example you can perform a basic AJAX call like so: `alert(Spark.ajax('get', 'someFile.php', 'data=some data'));`



You can then make this into an asynchronous request by just adding a callback, like so: `Spark.ajax('get', 'someFile.php', 'data=some data', function(data) { alert(data) });`



All functions are explained in the documentation as well as how to make plugins. Here is an example of making an element fade out to 0% opacity over the course of 1000 milliseconds, one second.



`Spark('p.myParagraph').animate({opacity: 0}, 1000);`



If you are unsure of anything then [the documentation](http://sparkjs.co.uk/documentation.html) will sort you out.



For up to date news, follow [Spark on Twitter](http://twitter.com/#!/SparkJavaScript).



## Thanks

If you are using Spark and you like it or at least like where it is going then please watch the repository or send me a message, I really would like to know how many people this is helping and what they would like to see in the future. *Any* suggestions are welcome.



## Licences



### MIT

Copyright (C) 2011 Oliver Caldwell



Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy

of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights

to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell

copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is

furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:



The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in

all copies or substantial portions of the Software.



THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE

AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,

OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN

THE SOFTWARE.



### GPL

Copyright (C) 2011 Oliver Caldwell



This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or

(at your option) any later version.



This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

GNU General Public License for more details.



You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

along with this program. If not, see .