Trendy.js

A handy JS library for interactive content

Developed by TrendCT.org / Jake Kara (jkara@trendct.org)

use

Load jQuery.js (first), then Trendy.js in your preferred manner and the Trendy variable is set. Call its methods to make your life easier.

methods

Trendy.getParam(z) — get URL parameter z

Trendy.underscore("A string with spaces") - returns "A_string_with_spaces"

Trendy.space("A_string_without_spaces") - returns "A string without spaces"

Trendy.comma(2000.00) - returns "2,000.00"

Trendy.dollars(2000) - returns "$2,000"

Trendy.bigDollars(24000000.95) - returns "$24,000,000" (drops cents, because who cares?)

Trendy.getObjectWithKeyValue(object, key, value) - returns (first) object object with a matching key value or false

Trendy.brightness(r,g,b) - returns the W3C-specified brightness value of a color with given r, g, b values

Trendy.brighterThan(r,g,b,x) - returns true/false depending on whether color with rgb values r, g, b has a W3C-specified brightness val greater than x

Trendy.bright(r,g,b) - returns true/false depending on whether color with rgb values r, g, b have a value brighter than 123 (out of 255)

files

Trendy.js -- the library test_trendy.js -- a bunch of test scripts tests.html -- a page that runs the test script and displays the output (in the DOM and the console)

misc

handy.js is just the old file name, Trendy.js is a fork.