What is this?
Raphaël is a JavaScript vector-graphics library for the browser: you draw shapes, text and animations through its API, and it renders across different browsers.
Raphaël is a JavaScript vector-graphics library for the browser: you draw shapes, text and animations through its API, and it renders across different browsers.Is this a library I code against, or a standalone app?A library, not an app — you add it to your own web page and draw through its JavaScript API; there is nothing to install or run on its own.
A library, not an app — you add it to your own web page and draw through its JavaScript API; there is nothing to install or run on its own.How do I get it into my project?Load a distributable such as raphael.min.js with a script tag or AMD — Raphael-boilerplate shows loading examples. Building from source needs NPM: git clone, yarn install --frozen-lockfile, yarn build-all.
Load a distributable such as raphael.min.js with a script tag or AMD — Raphael-boilerplate shows loading examples. Building from source needs NPM: git clone, yarn install --frozen-lockfile, yarn build-all.Does it need any other libraries to work?Only one: eve. The standard builds bundle it, while raphael.no-deps.js and raphael.no-deps.min.js ship without it, so you can load eve separately if you prefer.
Only one: eve. The standard builds bundle it, while raphael.no-deps.js and raphael.no-deps.min.js ship without it, so you can load eve separately if you prefer.Any gotchas I should know before picking it?Testing is manual — you open dev/test/index.html in a browser; there is no automated test run. And with so many browsers supported, pull requests can take a while to be accepted.
Testing is manual — you open dev/test/index.html in a browser; there is no automated test run. And with so many browsers supported, pull requests can take a while to be accepted.Is it free to use, including commercial projects?Yes — Raphaël is MIT licensed (copyright Dmitry Baranovskiy and Sencha Labs), so it is free for any use, including commercial.
Yes — Raphaël is MIT licensed (copyright Dmitry Baranovskiy and Sencha Labs), so it is free for any use, including commercial.Is the project still actively developed?There is no fixed release schedule — new versions come out as the maintainers gather and test community pull requests, with feedback from other users helping decide what lands.
There is no fixed release schedule — new versions come out as the maintainers gather and test community pull requests, with feedback from other users helping decide what lands.Where can I see examples or learn it properly?The README points to Raphael-boilerplate for loading examples and to a raphaelTest.html playground you can run locally with any static server. There are also books: Learning Raphael JS Vector Graphics and Instant RaphaelJS Starter.
The README points to Raphael-boilerplate for loading examples and to a raphaelTest.html playground you can run locally with any static server. There are also books: Learning Raphael JS Vector Graphics and Instant RaphaelJS Starter.What other projects are built around Raphaël?The README lists six related projects: graphael, raphael.boilerplate, backbone.raphael, mapael, snap and react-raphael — including integrations with Backbone and React.
The README lists six related projects: graphael, raphael.boilerplate, backbone.raphael, mapael, snap and react-raphael — including integrations with Backbone and React.Which topics is it in?vector-graphics, dom, webpack, svg, graphics, javascript-library, animation, browser, npm, frontend, library, javascript
vector-graphics, dom, webpack, svg, graphics, javascript-library, animation, browser, npm, frontend, library, javascript