T, I see your point but I have to say that Head Rush Ajax has been a great intro so far to Prototype. While it may not provide me with info on everything that the library includes, it has allowed me to get going in a VERY easy and understandable way. So for those starting out, I really do recommend this book and Ben Nadel seems to also like it.
One thing that I found last night was a Prototype cheat sheet developed by Jonathan Snook. It can be found here: http://www.snook.ca/archives/000531.php My next Ajax book will be Foundations of Ajax but I am definitely going to get Ajax in Action based on your recommendation. Thanks, Rey... RADEMAKERS Tanguy wrote: > Sadly, i can't agree. "Head Rush Ajax" devotes one whole page (big > fonts, crazy layout) to Prototype, and only covers one of the Ajax > methods, which amounts to just a few percent of the whole API. Rumour > has it that Sitepoint (publishers of the second best js book ever: "The > Javascript Anthology") will be publishing a book completely devoted to > Prototype... now that's gonna rock. For AJAX specific books available > now, i recommend manning's "AJAX in action" and the "Pragmatic AJAX" > book. The manning book is especially interesting in that it goes waaaaay > beyond the "here's how to make an xmlHttp request" stuff and gets into > things like patterns (esp. MVC style development) and refactoring in > javascript. Not that i'm looking to develop the next google calendar or > anything, but if i ever wanted to, this book would be the one living > under my pillow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:244411 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
