HistMan v0.2: Port to Prototype
Just a day after the launch of HistMan I’m releasing v0.2. I’ve also ported this version to Prototype, so now Mootools and Prototype are supported.
Just a day after the launch of HistMan I’m releasing v0.2. I’ve also ported this version to Prototype, so now Mootools and Prototype are supported.
I’m writing this article because my old article about the Mootools ajax class is outdated because of the API changes in Mootools version 1.0. This article will be an update of the previous article.
While I’m a great fan of Javascript Libraries like Prototype and Mootools, I’m less happy with their iterators. Iterating through a large array just takes ages using Array.each(). I think the most annoying thing with Javascript is that it freezes the browser while it’s being processed.
Great news, Mootools finally reached 1.0! Things definitely have changed, so it’s time for checking out new functionality. There are a lot of new classes like Color, Event, Hash, Common and some more. Mootools feels more mature with all the great functionality that’s added to the latest version.
The long expected Mootools version 1.0 is out! There are a lot of improvements in 1.0. Check it out at mootools.net…
Aaron Newton has made a wiki for Mootools. It already covers most of the Mootools modules and included are examples which are executable. Go take a look at the ‘Mootorial’!
A few days ago someone mailed me how I made the ’search’ and ‘about’ tabs that appear on every page on solutoire.com. In this post I’ll explain some techniques like ‘height transitions’ and ‘class toggles’. Sounds pretty hard but you’ll see it’s quite easy. You can see the result at example page 2.
Jonathan Snook made a cheatsheet for Mootools Revision 83. Get it at snook.ca.
I really like the Prototype Framework and the functionality that comes with it, but I like Mootools even more because it’s so damn small and lightweight. Sometimes the minimalistic framework is just too light. Recently I needed some of Prototypes’ Enumerable functions for an Array but the app was implemented using Mootools.
I haven’t seen much tutorials around explaining using JSON with mootools, so I decided to write one. A year ago I always thought JSON’s a hard to understand way to have your client apps communicate with a server. Well, by using mootools it’s a breeze. If you don’t know what JSON is, check out json.org. Json.org says the following about JSON: