Prototype: Ajax and JavaScript++
Learn to simplify Ajax development with Prototype through a series of real-world examples. Along the way, learn to code in Prototype's modern JavaScript style, taking advantage of Prototype's extensions to JavaScript's object model
Prototype deserves its fame for Ajax support, and for easy integration with the Rails platform. In this presentation, you will learn to simplify Ajax development with Prototype as we work through a series of examples that demonstrate:
- using
Ajax.Request
to manageXMLHTTPRequest
- automatically updating pages with
Ajax.Updater
- polling with
PeriodicalExecuter
- managing forms with
Form.serialize
- responding to inputs with
Event.observe
- simplifying DOM updates with
Insertion
But there's more! Prototype exemplifies modern JavaScript coding style. You will see how to take advantage of "Prototype as JavaScript++" by
- using JSON for parameter passing
- defining classes with
Class.create
andObject.extend
- using Ruby-inspired extensions to the JavaScript object model, such as
Array.each
About Stuart Halloway
Stuart Halloway is a founder and President of Cognitect, Inc. (www.cognitect.com). He is a Clojure committer, and a developer of the Datomic database.
Stuart has spoken at a variety of industry events, including StrangeLoop, Clojure/conj, EuroClojure, ClojureWest, SpeakerConf, QCon, GOTO, OSCON, RailsConf, RubyConf, JavaOne, and NFJS.
Stuart has written a number of books and technical articles. Of these, he is most proud of Programming Clojure.
Learn more about Stu's presentations on his wiki.
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