Frank M. Taylor

In a nutshell

An event-driven state manager that's built on top of localStorage, meaning it can create persistent state.

Installation

npm install cheapstate

Learning More:

I wrote a blog post that introduced it and explains how it is used at Red Hat.

In a nutshell

Find a CSS selector on a website. Use a sitemap, or have it crawl. Optionally take screenshots, give you a snippet of the markup, or account for dynamic content.

Installation

npm install -g selector-hound

Learning More:

I wrote a blog post that introduced it before it became a proper NPM package.

In a nutshell

Using Methodius, allows a user to use the Methodius library from the command line. Language researchers can analyze one or many texts for n-gram frequencies, placements, and patterns from the command line.

Installation

npm install -g methodius-cli

Learning More:

Here's a blog post that introduces the CLI and its features.

I wrote, "The Look and Song of Language" using the Methodius CLI.

In a nutshell

Takes a chunk of text and breaks it into bigrams, trigrams, ngrams of your choice, complete with convenience methods and the ability to discover frequencies and placement of those ngrams.

Installation

npm install --save Methodius

Learning More:

Here's a demo of Methodius in ten languages so that you can discover what makes a language a language

In a nutshell

Takes a sentence and identifies the grammatical elements within. Built with extensibility in mind, it should be able to handle many western European languages with minimal code changes.

Installation

npm install --save isidore

Learning More:

I wrote a blog post to explain my motivations for writing Isidore and the origin of the name.

In a nutshell

A promise-based Node library and ORM for Scripture.api.bible. It includes a bibleService which uses the API with some convenience methods.

It also includes an ORM that turns data into Bible, Book, Chapter, and other objects that each come with their own convenience methods and relations which make it easier to navigate scripture.

Installation

npm install --save berea

In a nutshell:

A good start to your CSS typography that covers all the semantic nooks and crannies. (It's also used on this site)

Installation

npm install --save typography-baseline.css

Learning More:

I wrote a blog post that explains the typography baseline in greater detail. This also spent quite a bit of time on CodePen.

In a nutshell:

A good start to your CSS and SCSS typography that covers all the semantic nooks and crannies. (It's a Sass flavor of the typography baseline)

Installation

npm install --save typography-baseline.scss

Learning More:

I wrote a blog post that explains the typography baseline in greater detail. This also spent quite a bit of time on CodePen.

In a nutshell:

Built on Typography Baseline foundations, it gives you a good small set of styles for tables.

Installation

npm install --save table-baseline.css

Learning More:

I wrote a blog post that explains the table baseline in more detail. This also has a version on CodePen.

In a nutshell:

Built on Typography Baseline foundations, it gives you a good small set of styles for forms.

Installation

npm install --save form-baseline.css