Hi Tonio, consideropen, The book is meant to be sort of like the docs and the mootorial on steroids. It covers all the methods and classes in the library but also explains *why* you would use each one, as well as demonstrating how they are used. It points out in some cases common misuses as well. In addition to that, it explains in detail how some of the more fundamental concepts of JavaScript work and, more importantly, how they work with MooTools.
If you've read the mootorial and nothing there left you wanting more detail, you might not need the book. If you understand how Class makes use of prototypical inheritance and how Extends and Implements really works, and if you have written many of your own classes, then you're probably ok. If, on the other hand, you have the suspicion that there are aspects of MooTools that you might be missing out on, the book is the most in-depth explanation of how it all works that I'm aware of (other than the code itself). Aaron On Sep 17, 7:57 pm, consideropen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just got a copy a week or two ago, and it's certainly well worn already. To > answer your questions tho, I would say it walks the beginner/xp line pretty > effectively. He definitely goes through a lot of slow/step by step info, > but at the same time, will go in-depth about how to create custom setters > and getters, gets into the differences between implement and extend... > spends a lot time talking about classes, etc... basically, things that more > advanced users would be interested in. There are also quite a few pages > with good reference charts and lots of examples (including a set of graphs > showing the transition types). If you know the framework inside and out... > it may not be as interesting I suppose. > > They are selling it for cheap as hell anyway, definitely worth the buy. > > -- > View this message in > context:http://n2.nabble.com/Mootools-Aaron%27s-book-tp1096516p1097186.html > Sent from the MooTools Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
