I am a web developer based out of New Zealand and I use prototype on a daily basis. I think i've been using it since late 1.4 so i've been around a little while... I haven't made contact with anyone else in NZ who is using prototype - I know there's at least one.. an online dating site: chatdate.co.nz uses it (I checked the source when they launched as a mate was the marketing manager for a while)
I've developed a number of controls... * design pattern for 'fake' selects which should really be class-ified * a numeric input filtering control (uses keypress to restrict input for numeric, currency and decimal types) * a split input control (like bank account numbers, jumping from box to box) which builds on above. * a time-picker control (which is based on the fake select code) ...which should really be released to scripteka and the community as a whole but I find that due to said day job, I never have the time to polish them up to a level where i'd feel comfortable releasing them to the community. If anyone is interested in working with me regarding the above controls to get them released, let me know. I've also got a blog up: http://agrath.blogspot.com with a few code snippets and bits and pieces, but I can't say there's much going on there. I really should migrate that to a better blogging engine that actually supports code blocks with syntax highlighting (and tabs) so that you can actually read my posts. I like prototype because it's non obtrusive, it's a framework rather than a library. I use the building blocks it provides to create functionality, and I confess, I haven't tried any of the other libraries but from the code examples I see on Ajaxian, I just dont like them. I have noticed that on the spinoffs group, a lot of questions are quite similar. I wonder if there's a need for some beginner tutorials. The docs are great, but as they're an API guide, you sorta have to know what you're looking for. Anyway, I guess this is my way of saying that I have the enthusiasm to help but think I lack the time. I don't know how you core guys do it. If there's something specific I can do.. let me know :) Gareth On Jan 16, 2008 1:03 PM, Andrew Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve, > > You've hit upon something that we're aware of on the Core team. I > think jQuery is a fantastic framework, but that its success has as > much to do with its evangelism (and the resulting ecosystem) as with > the quality of the code itself. > > We have ideas on how to foster this same type of community, but like > most contributors to open-source software, we have day jobs, so > there's never enough time to do as much as we'd like. Enthusiastic > users like kangax help fill that void. Scripteka is still young; I > know we have plans to highlight it on the Prototype blog. > > Beyond the extension library, I know we'd like to do more to advance > the *idea* of Prototype. We've talked about some sort of "pimp my > code" thing, where we take good JavaScript and make it better, as a > way to expose people to artful Prototype code idioms. (jQuery is > really good at letting their code speak for them.) Soon there will be > two books on the stands about Prototype 1.6. And several of us have > plans (or are proposing) to speak at upcoming conferences like SXSW, > RailsConf, and The Ajax Experience. > > If anyone on this list has the enthusiasm to help out, or even some > ideas on how we can get started in this area, then let's start talking > about this on the prototype-core list. > > Cheers, > Andrew > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
