Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action

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作者：Dave Crane, Bear Bibeault, Tom Locke, Thomas Fuchs
出版日期：March 21, 2007
出版社：Manning Publications
页数：544
ISBN：ISBN-10: 1933988037 ISBN-13: 978-1933988030
文件格式：PDF


Review
A good solid intro. … There is fantastically useful stuff aboutJavaScript itself as well as Prototype; for example the section offunction contexts and closures is one of the best I have read on thesubject. — N. J. Ferrier at Amazon UK
Pretty darned definitive Plenty of useful examples, includingcounter-examples Shows how to migrate existing code, not just startfrom scratch Scriptaculous labs are excellent, and are available fordownload Okay, all the labs are excellent JavaScript haters beware!Prototype, Scriptaculous, and yes, this excellent book about these twoJavaScript libraries, could change your mind. After reading Prototypeand Scriptaculous In Action, you are in danger of saying to yourself,“Hey, I’d like to try some of this stuff out,” and, before you evenrealize it, you’re writing JavaScript, getting stuff done, and maybeeven enjoying it.
This book should rightly be considered the bible of Prototype andScriptaculous. Just download and run the source code for the book(available online for free), for a real taste of what this book offers.— John Guthrie at JavaLobby
This book should be in your library if you are planning to use oneof these powerful and useful libraries as well as if you want to learnmore advanced topics in JavaScript too! Worth every penny. — Frank Stepanski at Barnes and Noble and bookpool.com
Product Description
“This book should rightly be considered the bible of Prototype   and Scriptaculous.”
– JavaLobby
Prototype and Scriptaculous are libraries that extend standard Ajax.They make it easier to program Ajax and provide powerful features likedrag and drop and animation. In this book, developers learn by playingand see how the libraries work in the real world.
As experience with Ajax increases, developers want the standard Ajaxcapabilities they repeatedly use to be preprogrammed for them–andthat’s exactly what Ajax libraries do for them. They reduce the pain ofhandling cross-browser inconsistencies, they add useful languagefeatures, and provide sophisticated functionality. Of these, Prototypeis the most popular JavaScript and Ajax framework for low-level userinterface features such as animation, drag and drop, and pre-builtwidgets. Together, they free the developer up to concentrate onbuilding the application. They make a rich user experience easy toachieve.
This book guides the reader through the Prototype and Scriptaculouslibraries feature-by-feature. In just 350 pages, readers will find over100 small working examples to help them explore the libraries. As well,they will develop a web-based image gallery that teacher them how touse Prototype and Scriptaculous in the real-world.