Tag: script.aculo.us

  • Script.aculo.us 1.6.2 Released!

    Mir.aculo.us has announced the release of Script.aculo.us v1.6.2! This is primarily a bug fix, which is always a good thing. Here’s the change log: * Fix a problem in the drag and drop logic if an reverting/drag ending draggable was initialized for a new drag (for example by clicking repeatedly) for all cases where the…

  • Script.aculo.us v1.6 Released

    Great news over at Mir.aculo.us. It appears as if version 1.6 of my favorite DOM manipulation library, Script.aculo.us has been released! Thankfully the new version of Script.aculo.us uses Prototype v1.5. This is sexy because now I can revert to downloading both Prototype and Script.aculo.us right from the Script.aculo.us site. (Hooray for being lazy) Here’s an…

  • MasterWish – Practicing What I Preach

    MasterWish, my labor of love (created with my friends Zach Tirrell and Jon Emmons) is my playground for Ajax and Web 2.0 experiments. If you haven’t been acquainted with the site, its a wishlist site with a schlew of features. The high point is the ability to secure down lists and grant access to specific…

  • Writing Your Server-Side Ajax Handler

    [[innerindex]]In my recent post on ‘Ajax; Templating; and the Separation of Layout and Logic,’ I refer to an Ajax Handler that sits server side to handle Ajax calls. Some elaboration is in order. As I have stated in the past, I’m a huge fan of Prototype AND I choose PHP as my language of choice…so…

  • Prototype Cheat Sheets

    The guys over at Ajaxian alerted me to this sweet resource. Jonathan Snook has created a graphical (and quite attractive) Prototype cheat sheet. As I have stated in the past, I develop web applications for Plymouth State using the Scriptaculous which is built on top of Prototype Javascript Framework. I often find myself referring back…

  • Thomas Fuchs of Script.aculo.us: Ajaxian Podcast

    Ajaxian has posted a podcast of their interview with Thomas Fuchs, the creator of Script.aculo.us. Ajaxian summarizes the content that is discussed: How script.acuo.us was born out of a real project Why Rails was chosen for Fluxiom Where Rails shines with Ajax The new RJS templates feature that makes Ajax even easier The difference between…

  • Script.aculo.us Is My New Best Friend

    Ajax is great. DOM manipulation is sexy. I’m fairly new to the Ajax world having only developed with with it since July. MasterWish was my guinea pig and continues to be my playground for all things Web 2.0. Luckily, my manager Ken is pumped up about this whole Web 2.0/Ajax thing which has allowed me…