Prototype and Scriptaculous

[Prabhu Venkatachalam]

Is this book is about best practices in Ajax libraries like Prototype?
[ March 28, 2007: Message edited by: Prabhu Venkatachalam ]

[David C. Crane]

Hi Prabhu,

I'd answer 'yes', for a couple of reasons:

1. We present real-world examples of how to use the features from the libraries, when to use them, how to idfentify the trade-offs between different options, etc. These ae best practices at the architectural/design level, I guess.

2. We describe the thinking behind the libraries, and therefore discuss what Javascript is really like. Understanding how these libraries work will help you to write better, more elegant Javascript. These are best practices at the small scale, in the details of the code.

Dave