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Prototype & Scriptaculous In Action
Prototype and Scriptaculous are both, like most software libraries, productivity tools. Coding in a web browser is a curious experience - it is much freer and more expressive than any desktop GUI toolkit, yet it is also lacking in some of the most basic facilities. I know of few desktop developers who tried to maintain their own drag-and-drop library
or drop-down list widget as part of a product, and several DHTML/Ajax developers who did. This type of feature is rarely the raison d'tre of a software project, but rather is a means to an end. Guddling around with the low-level code required to enable those means is, at best, a distraction, and at worst, a burden that can sink a project.
Part 1 Getting Started
1 Introducing Prototype and Scriptaculous
1.1 A brief history of Ajax
1.2 What is Prototype?
1.3 What is Scriptaculous?
1.4 Applying Prototype and Scriptaculous
1.5 Summary
2 Introducing QuickGallery
2.1 Design and implementation
2.2 Evaluating the classic web app model
2.3 Summary
3 Simplifying Ajax with Prototype
3.1 Redesigning for Ajax
3.2 Using XML and Ajax
3.3 Using JSON and Ajax
3.4 Summary
4 Using Prototype's Advanced Ajax Features
4.1 Prototype's advanced Ajax classes
4.2 Using HTML and Ajax
4.3 Comparing data- and content-centric Ajax
4.4 Summary
Part 2 Scriptaculous Quickly
5 Scriptaculous Effects
5.1 Quick win: adding an effect with only one line
5.2 Setting up Scriptaculous and the examples
5.3Types of Scriptaculous effects
5.4 Understanding the effects
5.5 Easy toggling of Show and Hide effects
5.6 Working with transitions
5.7 Gaining control during effects
5.8 Canceling effects
5.9 Controlling multiple effects
5.10 Summary
6 Scriptaculous Controls
6.1 Using the sample programs for this chapter
6.2 The in-place text editor
6.3 The InPlaceCollectionEditor
6.4 The Ajax autocompleter control
6.5 The Scriptaculous local autocompleter control
6.6 The slider control
6.7 Summary
7 Scriptaculous Drag and Drop
7.1 The sample code for this chapter
7.2 The sample code for this chapter
7.3 Dragging things around
7.4 Dropping dragged things
7.5 Sorting by drag and drop
7.6 Summary
Part 3 Prototype in Depth
8 All About Objects
8.1 Introducing the Scratchpad application
8.2 The Object type
8.3 Objects and Prototype
8.4 Summary
9 Fun with Functions
9.1 JavaScript functions
9.2 Extending functions with Prototype.js
9.3 Summary
10 Arrays Made Easy
10.1 Introducing Arrays
10.2 The native JavaScript Array
10.3 Prototype.js and Arrays
10.4 Methods of the Enumerable object
10.5 Working with Hashes and ObjectRanges
10.6 Summary
11 Back to the Browser
11.1 A crash course in DOM methods
11.2 Prototype and the DOM
11.3 Extending the Event object
11.4 Working with HTML forms
11.5 Summary
Part 4 Advanced Topics
12 Prototype and Scriptaculous in Practice
12.1 QuickGallery application requirements
12.2 Building the slideshow editor
12.3 Adding Ajax-based persistence
12.4 Creating the toolbar
Building the slideshow player 384
12.5 Putting it all together
12.6 Summary
13 Prototype, Scriptaculous, and Rails
13.1 Generating JavaScript
13.2 Ajax helpers
13.3 Scriptaculous helpers
13.4 To JavaScript or not to JavaScript
13.5 The next level: RJS
13.6 Summary
HTTP Primer
Measuring HTTP Traffic
Installing and Running Tomcat 5.5
Installing and Running PHP
Porting Server-Side Techniques
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