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

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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
 
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