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n case you haven't already used it, prototype.js is a JavaScript library written by Sam Stephenson. This amazingly well thought and well written piece of standards-compliant code takes a lot of the burden associated with creating rich, highly interactive web pages that characterize the Web 2.0 off your back. If you tried to use this library recently, you probably noticed that documentation is not one of its strongest points. As many other developers before me, I got my head around prototype.js by reading the source code and experimenting with it. I thought it would be nice to take notes while I learned and share with everybody else. I'm also offering an un-official reference for the objects, classes, functions, and extensions provided by this library.

avaScript is a fully-featured Object-Oriented programming language, on the surface, it shares syntactical similarities with Java and C, but the mentality is quite different, at its core, JavaScript is more similar to functional languages. Inside is a list of JavaScript tips, some offer techniques to simulate features found in C-like languages (such as assertions or static variables), others are meant to improve performance and explore some of the more obscure parts of the web scripting language.

This JavaScript VectorGraphics library provides graphics capabilities for JavaScript: functions to draw circles, ellipses (ovals), oblique lines, polylines and polygons (for instance triangles, rectangles) dynamically into a webpage. Usage of this Vector Graphics library should be easy even if you don't have JavaScript experience. Documentation. Another goal during development of this JavaScript Draw Shapes Vector Graphics Library was to achieve optimized performance and cleanly arranged pixel stair-step patterns (pixel-optimization).

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A library of DHTML and AJAX scripts

Description: A great looking pure DHTML progress bar that resembles the one seen in Window XP's startup screen. All visual aspects of the bar can be customized, and the script can be invoked multiple times to display multiple bars on the same page. Script works in both IE5 and NS6 . Note that this script by default doesn't perform any action other than animating the progress bar. It's up to you to create helper functions to accomplish any relevant tasks.

Lightbox JS is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.

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C'est toujours fatigant de faire appel à plusieurs sources pour accéder aux diverses références des multiples langages de conception des pages web. LogPerspective, une société qui édite un logiciel d'analyse des logs du même nom, propose gotAPI.com centralisant tous ces manuels. Il existe plusieurs alternatives à ce type d'outil mais là on a le choix ! Par exemple pour le langage HTML on a la doc de htmlhelp.com, MSDN ou le W3C. C'est bien pensé !

On a vu fleurir moult trolls velus à propos du web 2.0 et sa débauche d'AJAX et de javaScript inaccessibles, je ne les nourrirai pas ici. Par contre et pour ceux que ça interesse, les librairies prototype et script.aculo.us proposent des outils et effets très sympathiques. Voici quelques exemples très simples d'utilisation.

Alors que la plupart des extensions rajoutent des fonctionnalités à votre navigateur, Greasemonkey permet d’agir, et c’est là toute son originalité, directement sur la page web que vous visitez grâce à des scripts javascript, ou des blocs DHTML si vous préférez.

The Yahoo! User Interface Library is a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, HTML and AJAX. The UI Library Utilities facilitate the implementation of rich client-side features by enhancing and normalizing the developer's interface to important elements of the browser infrastructure (such as events, in-page HTTP requests and the DOM). The Yahoo UI Library Controls produce visual, interactive user interface elements on the page with just a few lines of code and an included CSS file. All the components in the Yahoo! User Interface Library have been released as open source under a BSD license and are free for all uses.

Ajax, which consists of HTML, JavaScript™ technology, DHTML, and DOM, is an outstanding approach that helps you transform clunky Web interfaces into interactive Ajax applications. The author, an Ajax expert, demonstrates how these technologies work together -- from an overview to a detailed look -- to make extremely efficient Web development an easy reality. He also unveils the central concepts of Ajax, including the XMLHttpRequest object.

24 ways to impress your friends is a daily dose of web development coding or wisdom intended to produce impressive results with little effort. So far 24ways.org has covered AJAX, Scriptaculous, CSS tab tricks, DOM scripting, Microformats, and internationalisation/localisation. Few of these are life-changing revelations, but it’s a fun site with some interesting sample code.

script.aculo.us provides you with easy-to-use, compatible and, ultimately, totally cool JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly, Web 2.0 style.

JS/UIX is an UN*X-like OS for standard web-browsers, written entirely in JavaScript (no plug-ins used). It comprises a vir- tual machine, shell, virtual file-system, process-management, and brings its own terminal with screen- and keyboard-mapping. For an overview of implemented commands have a look at the complete > JS/UIX-Manual-Pages; see also the > Version-History. The keyboard accepts the US-ASCII character set. As key-mapping depends from your browser, you may have to use the cursor and backspace buttons at the lower right of the terminal. A complete keyboard can be accessed at the lower left. Compatibility: Netscape 4+, MS IE 4+ and DOM-aware browsers.

JWChat is a full featured, web-based Jabber™ client. Written using AJAX technology it relies on JavaScript and HTML at the client-side only. It supports basic jabber instant messaging, roster management and groupchats based on the MUC protocol.