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Prototype Quick Reference

Author Sergio Pereira , Scott Raymond
Release Date: 2006/11/01
ISBN: 0596510187
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Book Description

This short cut provides a complete quick reference to thePrototype JavaScript framework. Prototype is an open-source librarythat is particularly useful to developers of dynamic Ajaxapplications, and to other web developers who need to work with DOMelements.

If you're a web developer building sophisticated, user-friendlyapplications, you should be using Prototype. This reference givesyou everything you need to use Prototype to its fullest.

This document covers Prototype 1.4. There will be a free upgradeto the Prototype 1.5 version of this document.

Table of Contents

  1. Prototype Quick Reference
  2. Introducing Prototype
  3. Ajax Support
    1. Base Objects
    2. Ajax Requests
      1. Ajax.Request options
      2. Examples
    3. Ajax Updaters
      1. Ajax.Updater options
      2. Examples
    4. Periodical Ajax Updaters
      1. Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater options
    5. Global Ajax Responders
      1. Examples
    6. Character Encoding
  4. DOM Manipulation Support
    1. $()
    2. Selectors
      1. $$()
    3. Element Methods
    4. Class Element.ClassNames
    5. Forms
    6. Form Elements
    7. Timed Form Observers
    8. Event-Based Form Observers
      1. class Abstract.Insertion
      2. class Insertion.Before
      3. class Insertion.Top
      4. class Insertion.Bottom
      5. class Insertion.After
    9. Element Positioning
  5. Core Extensions
    1. Array Extensions
      1. Instance methods
      2. Examples
    2. Hashes
      1. Examples
    3. Ranges
      1. Examples
    4. Enumerable
      1. Examples
    5. String Extensions
    6. Number Extensions
      1. Examples
    7. Event Extensions
      1. Examples
    8. Function Extensions
      1. Examples
    9. Object Extensions
    10. Classes
      1. Examples
    11. PeriodicalExecuter
    12. Try.these()
      1. Example
    13. Prototype
  6. About the Authors
  7. Copyright