I am looking into a jQuery star rating plug-in and I cannot seem to fins one that fits exactly what I want. There are a few out there, but many require javascript, and those that do degrade with js off aren’t exactly what I want.

I stumbled on starbox, but it is for Prototype. It looks really nice and I thought it might be fun to try and port an existing plug-in. I’d get something I like and get some good jQuery experience in the process, which is a win/win in my book. The problem is starbox isn’t a freebie, and being the cheapskate that I am I don’t want to pay for it when I am really not going to use it (other than for the porting). Starbox is packed, so I needed an easy way to unpack the code, and I figured it might be tough without paying for it.

I did a quick search and found a way to use the FF error console to unpack code, but I also found the online javascript beautifier. This little nugget will unpack and format packed js code. Pretty sweet stuff, and just what I needed.