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Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us

By admin ⋅ October 27, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A great fun part of programming in Ruby on Rails is the usage of Ajax and javascript effects. Most books and tutorials just scrape the surface on these parts though. I never really realized just how much functionality is built into Prototype and Script.aculo.us. One of the good things about this book is that it explains why some things are done the way they are.

After stepping through the Prototype library, Andrew dives into script.aculo.us and explains many of the features of the library. This part shows you some great recipies you can use right out of the box.

from the author:

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.

what others say:

“Andrew does an excellent job introducing developers at all levels to the power of these great frameworks, providing an easy way for those new to JavaScript to get started as well as the important information required by the experienced. Add in a dash of Andrew’s dry humor and direct experience building Prototype as a part of the core team and you’ve got a hell of a great resource for Web developers.”

By A. Jones on Amazon.com

“Prototype and script.aculo.us are influential and widely adopted. It’s not surprising that book publishers are rushing to cover them. What is surprising is that most of the titles currently available are of such poor quality. This is the good one.

Practical Prototype and script.aculous is well-organized, easy-to-read, covers the feature set well and includes a wealth of non-fluffy background material that beginners and journeymen alike will appreciate. The book easily paid for itself in time savings. Use it with the API reference at prototypejs.org/api and you’ll be all set.”

By M. McAulay on Amazon.com