Prototype and Scriptaculous Quickly - Softcover

Crane, Dave; Bibeault, Bear; Locke, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933988037 ISBN 13: 9781933988030

Publisher: Manning Publications, 2007

Synopsis

As experience with Ajax increases, developers want the standard Ajax capabilities

they repeatedly use to be preprogrammed for them―and that's exactly what

Ajax libraries do for them. They reduce the pain of handling cross-browser

inconsistencies, they add useful language features, and provide sophisticated

functionality. Of these, Prototype is the most popular JavaScript and Ajax framework

for low-level coding. Scriptaculous builds on Prototype to provide popular

high-level user interface features such as animation, drag and drop, and prebuilt

widgets. Together, they free the developer up to concentrate on building

the application. They make a rich user experience easy to achieve.

This book guides the reader through the Prototype and Scriptaculous libraries

feature-by-feature. In just 350 pages, it shows over 100 small working examples

that help readers explore the libraries, and they develop a web-based image

gallery that teaches them how to use Prototype and Scriptaculous in the

real-world.

About this title

About the Author

Dave Crane

is an Ajax authority and lead author of the best-selling Ajax in

Action. He is currently senior developer for UK-based Historic Futures Ltd.,

developing the next generation of socially responsible supply-chain systems

using Ajax to link rural cooperatives and multinational corporations.

Michael "Bear" Bibeault is a US-based Java programmer with over 20 years

experience in enterprise and Web applications. He’s a popular moderator on

The Java Ranch and coauthor of the upcoming Ajax in Practice.

Tom Locke is an UK-based independent web developer and trainer specializing

in Ruby on Rails. He is the creator of Logix, a multi-language programming

system, and the CTO of LiveLogix.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manning Publications
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933988037
• ISBN 13: 9781933988030
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350