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Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us
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 and its sister effects library, script.aculo.us, are among the most popular and best–supported JavaScript libraries, and now Prototype Core 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 user interface 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 object-oriented programming. Understand how script.aculo.us fits into the wider world of DOM Scripting/DHTML; find out how to use it to enhance your user interfaces 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
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 user interface 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 object-oriented programming. Understand how script.aculo.us fits into the wider world of DOM Scripting/DHTML; find out how to use it to enhance your user interfaces 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
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First published June 23, 2007
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January 27, 2009
Alright, first technical book review of the year. Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us by Andrew Dupont was a winner. I thought the book was well written with good "real-world" examples that will not only help you learn the Prototype framework, but also get you to start thinking about how you could use it on your sites.
My only complaint of the book was the a couple of examples that were messed up, which I had to gnash my teeth over to get working. All in all I'd say the examples worked correctly, I just think some could have been explained a little better.
I enjoyed Mr. Dupont's sense of humor and warm tone though-out the book including his Arrested Development nod towards the end.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has learned some javascript and hates it, but still wants to build in some of the awesome things it can do into web sites.
My only complaint of the book was the a couple of examples that were messed up, which I had to gnash my teeth over to get working. All in all I'd say the examples worked correctly, I just think some could have been explained a little better.
I enjoyed Mr. Dupont's sense of humor and warm tone though-out the book including his Arrested Development nod towards the end.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has learned some javascript and hates it, but still wants to build in some of the awesome things it can do into web sites.
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