Bootstrap.js

Bootstrap is a dependency honoring js loader for injecting library dependencies in an already running page environment (such as a bookmarklet). While other bootloaders are doing a circle jerk over how small they can make a head insertion with a callback, this one focuses on supporting the diverse array of formats needed in a web app, while being as conservative as possible with resources.

What it can do for you: Compact, but also full featured, it provides: -signature detection (detect if the library you are loading is already loaded), useful for bookmarklets -asyncronous load -dependencies: single or multiple, cascading... the freedom to load as you please -pluggable, add support for your own formats (includes built-in support for many formats if it detects Midas.js) -Smarty -Properties -INI -XHTML (construct a full DOM without touching the browser's DOM tree) -supports many formats natively: -CSS -Javascript -JSON -Text -does not get confused after loaded libraries extend the Array(MooTools, jQuery and Prototype) -internal event log may be accessed after run or piped into an existing logger system -includes both a simple bind function as well as an XMLHttpRequest wrapper -callbacks, both at the process and file level

How to use

Just use it like so:

//In this example, we'll load a base environment first
Bootstrap.load(
    [
        {
            name : 'MooTools',
            signature : 'document.id',
            location : '/js/mootools-core-1.3-full-nocompat.js'
        },
        {
            name : 'MooTools.More',
            location : '/js/mootools-more.js',
            depends : ['MooTools']
        },
        {
            name : 'DebugLogger',
            location : '/js/ba-debug.js'
        },
        {
            name : 'GlobalStyle',
            location : '/styles/style.css'
        },
        {
            name : 'GlobalData',
            location : '/global.json'
        },
        {
            name : 'Midas',
            location : '/js/Midas.min.js'
        }
    ],
    function(){
        // now we have our base environment, let's now load some more resources for our app
        Bootstrap.log(['Simple environment loaded', Bootstrap.logBuffer]);
        Midas.enableBootstrapHandlers(); //enable midas extensions
        Bootstrap.load(
            [
                {
                    name : 'NewsFeed',
                    location : '/templates/news.tpl',
                    depends : ['NewsData']
                },
                {
                    name : 'NewsData',
                    location : '/data/news.json'
                },
                {
                    name : 'NewsFeed',
                    location : '/templates/news.tpl',
                    depends : ['NewsData']
                },
                {
                    name : 'UserData',
                    location : '/data/user.json'
                }
            ],
            function(){
                // we have everything to build our page, use the resources to make it happen
                console.log(['Load Complete, check out the resources: ', Bootstrap.logBuffer]);
            }
        );
        // do something here to make things pretty and zoomy while the advanced environment comes up
    }
);

More to come.