By Quentin Zervaas. So far in Eight Weeks of Prototype I have covered the most important aspects of developing robust JavaScript using Prototype; however I haven’t covered every available feature. In this article I will briefly discuss other aspects of development with Prototype, that while aren’t necessarily core knowledge are still useful.
By Quentin Zervaas. One of the most useful and important aspects of JavaScript developments is that of event handling. Prototype simplifies this process by providing a number of helpful methods for doing so. In this, the fourth article of "Eight of Weeks of Prototype", we will look at how Prototype helps with handling events.
By Quentin Zervaas. In this, the third article in the "Eight Weeks of Prototype" series, I will teach you about the different data types that can be used in Prototype (on top of the existing JavaScript data types). We will firstly look at the basic string and number types, then look at enumerable types such as arrays and hashes.
By Quentin Zervaas. When you select elements from the Document Object Model (DOM) using the functions Prototype provides, each returned element is extended with extra functionality. In this, the second article in "Eight Weeks of Prototype," I will show you exactly how Prototype extends these elements.
As you develop web applications that make use of Ajax to dynamically load content on a web page, you might find that you also need to dynamically load a JavaScript file. The remainder of this blog post describes a function to achieve exactly this.
I have today launched the first article in my eight part series about the Prototype JavaScript framework. There will be a new article released each week for the next seven weeks, covering a wide range of topics, such as creating classes and event handling with Prototype.