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I would like to build an HTML5/javascript news reader for tablets. I know HTML, javascript, and CSS pretty well, and I am a proficient programmer in Python and Java. I understand generally how I would go about building this app, but I want to know if there are any frameworks, design patterns, or libraries in general that I should take advantage of to avoid doing everything from scratch.
Thanks so much for your help.
Browser compliance:
Modernizr, DOM library of choice, ES5 shim, etc. Will deal with making sure you it just works across devices and browsers.
Overall structure:
You may want to structure your codebase, either roll out your own micro framework or use existing ones like backbone, agility, spine, knockoutjs
Micro libraries:
Need some specific functionality? Go to microjs and check your not re-inventing the wheel. Or check NPM for whether it already exists.
Server side things:
There’s the general unit testing frameworks, source control, server side frameworks, build environments, packagers, minifiers, etc. That you need to take care of.