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Towel.js: momentum drag, simple code

Ajaxian May 27 10

Scato Eggen, in honor of Towel Day in the Netherlands, has released an open source framework called towel.js. towel.js is an extension for Mootools, designed to make event-based code easier to write and even more important: easier to read. At the hart of towel.js is a modular helper system called towel, including two helpers called UI and [...] Full story...

Tagged: eggen, momentum, mootools, netherlands, open source framework, towel day, Web Development,

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