Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us

In this book, Prototype Core development team member Andrew Dupont provides an essential guide to getting the most out of using Prototype and script.aculo.us, which are among the most popular and best-supported JavaScript libraries.

In this book Andrew Dupont, JavaScript expert and one of the Prototype Core team members details how to get the most out of using Prototype and script.aculo.us, which are among the most popular and best-supported JavaScript libraries. This book is an essential guide for any JavaScript developer wanting to quickly and effectively learn every major facet of Prototype/script.aculo.us. It will help readers master all the convenience functions of Prototype to speed JavaScript/Ajax development and leverage script.aculo.us to turbo charge their dynamic UIs. The author avoids needless theory and rhetoric throughout the book, moving readers through the topics at a fast pace. He incorporates several real-world examples to provide valuable practical experience.

JavaScript is a hot area, and Prototype is one of the most popular JavaScript add-ons available Written by Prototype core team member Andrew Dupont The most up-to-date book available on Prototype/script.aculo.us

Autorentext
Andrew Dupont is a web designer and developer living and working in Austin, Texas. He is a member of Prototype Core, the team that collaborates on the Prototype JavaScript Framework.

Inhalt
Prototype.- What You Should Know About Prototype, JavaScript, and the DOM.- Prototype Basics.- Collections (Or, Never Write a for Loop Again).- Ajax: Advanced Client/Server Communication.- Events.- Working with the DOM.- Advanced JavaScript: Functional Programming and Class-Based OOP.- Other Helpful Things: Useful Methods on Built-Ins.- script.aculo.us.- What You Should Know About DHTML and script.aculo.us.- to script.aculo.us Effects.- Enabling Draggables, Droppables, and Sortables.- Advanced Controls: Autocompleters, In-Place Editors, and Sliders.- Prototype As a Platform.