Glow is the first BBC’s JavaScript Library that is released as an open source software. It aims to make working with JavaScript and the DOM easier. It tries to do this by abstracting common tasks, hiding cross-browser issues, and providing a set of user interface widgets including:

• widgets.AutoSuggest (works as an auto suggester for input elements)
• widgets.Carousel (scroll through list of items)
• widgets.Editor (A rich text editor that allows text formatting with form input elements)
• widgets.InfoPanel (A panel with content directed at a particular point on the page.)
• widgets.Mask (A semi transparent layer covering the page)
• widgets.Overlay (A container element displayed on top of the other page content )
• widgets.Panel (An overlay with default themes and addtional functionality. Includes templating system.)
• widgets.Slider (Form control for setting a numerical value within a range. )
• widgets.Sortable (Page elements can be reordered using the drag & drop feature)
• widgets.Timetable (A scrollable list of ordered items displayed against a proportional axis.)

The library also has modules for setting powerful animations, validate forms, serialising and de-serialising data, sending data to & from the server etc.

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