unopinionate.js

Unopinionated front-end libraries

The goal of this project is to create a shim that can be used in lieu of explicit dependencies for common but competing front-end JavaScript libraries. For instance, many projects depend on a selector library such as jQuery or Zepto but bundling or requiring a specific dependency means that those using a competing dependency will either need to include both or resort to something that uses their existing stack.

Unopinionate looks for common libraries (e.g. jQuery, Zepto) that fill a specific roll (selector libraries). Instead of depending on the library explicitly, depend on unopionate.js to deliver whatever library the user chooses.

var $ = unopinionate.selector;

Unopinionate works with CommonJS and AMD as well:

//CommonJS
var $ = require('unopinionate').selector;

//AMD (RequireJS)
require([
    'unopinionate'
], function(unopinionate) {
    var $ = unopinionate.selector;
});

This was inspired by the way Backbone.js handles selector libraries.

Supported Libraries

• selector

  • jQuery
  • Zepto
  • Ender

• template

  • Mustache
  • Handlebars

More to come...pull requests welcome.