Prototype and its sister effects library, script.aculo.us, are two of the most popular JavaScript libraries/frameworks available – they are add-ons to JavaScript, which give JavaScript developers prebuilt functionality to play with, and speed up development time. And now Apress has collaborated with Andrew Dupont, one of the Prototype core development team members, to create Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us. This book is an essential guide for any JavaScript developer wanting to learn every major facet of Prototype/script.aculo.us quickly and effectively. This book will cover the moist recent releases of Prototype and script.aculo.us.
Author(s): Andrew Dupont
Edition: 1
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 350
1590599195......Page 1
Practical Prototype and
script.aculo.us......Page 2
Contents at a Glance......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
About the Author......Page 12
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 13
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 15
PART 1 ■ ■ ■ Prototype......Page 16
CHAPTER 1 What You Should Know About Prototype,
JavaScript, and the DOM......Page 17
CHAPTER 2 Prototype Basics......Page 31
CHAPTER 3 Collections (Or, Never Write a for Loop Again)......Page 44
CHAPTER 4 Ajax: Advanced Client/Server Communication......Page 62
CHAPTER 5 Events......Page 103
CHAPTER 6 Working with the DOM......Page 124
CHAPTER 7 Advanced JavaScript: Functional Programming
and Class-Based OOP......Page 149
CHAPTER 8 Other Helpful Things: Useful Methods on Built-Ins......Page 176
PART 2 ■ ■ ■ script.aculo.us......Page 199
CHAPTER 9 What You Should Know About DHTML and script.aculo.us.......Page 200
CHAPTER 10 Introduction to script.aculo.us Effects......Page 221
CHAPTER 11 Enabling Draggables, Droppables, and Sortables......Page 262
CHAPTER 12 Advanced Controls: Autocompleters, In-Place Editors,
and Sliders......Page 281
CHAPTER 13 Prototype As a Platform......Page 301
INDEX......Page 319
