As a JavaScript developer, you will already be aware of some of the time
saving, convenience, and functionality provided to you by
JavaScript/Ajax libraries in general. Prototype (www.prototypejs.org)
and its sister effects library, script.aculo.us
(http://script.aculo.us/), are among the most popular and best–supported
JavaScript libraries, and now Prototype Core dev team member Andrew
Dupont has written this book to provide you with an essential guide to
getting the most out of using Prototype and script.aculo.us. Practical
Prototype and script.aculo.us will help you leverage the Prototype and
script.aculo.us libraries to enhance your day–to–day work, speeding up
mundane tasks and providing advanced UI effects in a way that is
cross–browser compliant—taking many worries off your shoulders. Take a
whirlwind tour of the different time–saving functions and features
Prototype provides and how it extends the basic JavaScript objects,
including events, Ajax techniques, DOM elements, enumerables, and
advanced OOP. Understand how script.aculo.us fits into the wider world
of DOM Scripting/DHTML; find out how to use it to enhance your UIs
quickly and effectively, with UI controls, effects, and drag and drop;
and discover Prototype and script.aculo.us as a platform. The author
avoids needless theory and rhetoric throughout the book, moving you
through the topics at a fast pace. He incorporates several real–world
examples to help you gain valuable practical experience as you learn.
Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us is completely up to date and
features server–side examples written in PHP that show the framework can
be used effectively in more environments than just Ruby on Rails.
- Master all the convenience functions of Prototype to speed up your
JavaScript/Ajax development.
- Leverage script.aculo.us to turbo charge your dynamic UIs.
- Learn from JavaScript expert Andrew Dupont, one of the Prototype
Core team members.
What you’ll learn
- How to use all of the basic timesaving/convenience functions of
Prototype
- How to use enumberables to speed up looping, arrays, etc.
- How to enhance your Ajax applications with Prototype
- How Prototype makes working with events and DOM elements a cinch
- How script.aculo.us fits into DOM Scripting/DHTML
- How to make use of the basic effects available in script.aculo.us
- Mastery of UI controls and drag and drop in script.aculo.us
- How to treat Prototype and script.aculo.us as a platform
- How to use Prototype and script.aculo.us effectively with PHP and
other server–side setups besides Ruby on Rails

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