Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 300 pages
- Published by: Apress
- Edition: 1st Edition August 18, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1430209836
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1430209836
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Product Description
Mootools is a light, modular JavaScript framework that makes adding Ajax, animations, and interactive elements to your site a breeze. But it’s more than fancy effects and shortcuts; Mootools enhances the JavaScript language and makes writing clean, object–oriented code almost pleasant. Unlocking the power of Mootools, and therefore JavaScript, isn’t that hard, but knowing where to start can be.
Mootools Essentials aims to help you accomplish that task with the following:
- Illustrations of nearly every class and function in the library
- Real–world examples of how to use them
- Written by Mootools user/contributor and Mootorial author, Aaron Newton.
You can see how Mootools makes JavaScript more powerful.
What you’ll learn
- Access the complete reference to the Mootools library.
- See how to use the library and understand how JavaScript/Mootools is different from other programming languages.
- Get step–by–step code authoring examples.
- Explore real–world examples of how to accomplish common fundamental tasks.
Who is this book for?
This firstPress book is for web developers who want to learn an easier and productive way to develop/use JavaScript and Ajax.
About The Author
Aaron Newton is a product manager, developer, interface designer, and writer. He is a contributor to the Mootools Javascript framework where he writes code, the documentation, free online tutorials and the first Mootools book published by Apress. His experience includes founding music startup, Epitonic.com, launching CNET’s Download.com Music, and several years product managing application development for various projects at CNET Networks. His current startup, Iminta.com, launched this spring and is based in San Francisco.
Reader ReviewsHaving had experience with both Prototype and jQuery, this book actually made me a MooTools convert. Loaded with great examples, detailed explanations of each and every class and method in the library, and extremely insightful comments and tips on how and when to use use them. Of particular interest to me were the chapters dedicated to writing classes in MooTools, as well as the last sections which lead the reader through the complete life cycle of creating reusable components. Most importantly, the thought process involved in adding each layer of complexity which helps one understand things which in other books are just a "given". I found myself saying several times: Oh! so _that's_ why they do that! Even the appendixes are packed with clear explanations of core JavaScript concepts which are tricky and somewhat hard to grasp for the novice (bindings, closures, etc.) The only inconvenience I found to the book was an extremely large font (at least on the PDF version, not sure about the hardcopy) which made reading code a tad obtrusive at times. Other than that, a must-have for any MooTools developer and a definite recommendation for those initiating themselves in JavaScript frameworks.
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