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Javascript with Prototype.js
"Preview"
by Geoffrey Grosenbach. Technical consulting by Prototype Core Team Member Justin Palmer.
Did your first few years of Javascript programming consist of “copy” and “paste”? It’s time to learn it right!
Javascript is a highly dynamic language with many interesting features which most developers never learn. Yet familiarity with Javascript is a must if you want to develop current web applications with the full power of modern browsers.
The Prototype.js library makes Javascript nearly painless. It extends native objects with extra functionality and makes it easy to organize your code or even extend built-in objects.
This 90 minute screencast shows you the basics of Javascript and walks through a few simple projects. You’ll learn about
- code organization
- writing classes
- extending objects
- attaching behaviors to elements
- simple debugging
Part II will be available next month and will cover Ajax in depth.
Source code included.
"Script"
| Tools | 00:01 |
| Syntax Basics | 00:04 |
| Selectors | 00:12 |
| Architecture | 00:26 |
| The Source | 00:36 |
| Behaviors | 00:39 |
| Troubleshooting | 00:57 |
| Object Internals | 01:06 |
| Baseline Project | 01:17 |
"Skills"
This screencast assumes familiarity with basic programming concepts like variables, loops, functions, and objects. It will show you how those work in Javascript and how prototype.js makes it easier than Javascript alone.
Revision (Notes) · Created: May 01, 2007 · Length: 90 min · 68 MB
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