No, not a question, but a few suggestions.
I take it that everyone serious about using Prototype & Co. already has Christophe's (Porteneuve) Prototype and Script.aculo.us book. Apart from that, I'd like to point out two new, library-agnostic books: Cameron Adams and several others The Art & Science of JavaScript Sitepoint 2008 http://www.sitepoint.com/books/jsdesign1/ (excerpt: http://www.sitepoint.com/print/art-science-javascript) The title is quite a mouthful ("science"?). From my limited perspective this is currently the only book that really touches on advanced topics. I particularly recommend the chapter on metaprogramming by Dan Webb. Dan wrote Low Pro, an unobtrusive JS plugin for Rails, and refers to it in the chapter. Ross Harmes, Dustin Diaz Pro JavaScript Design Patterns Apress 2008 http://jsdesignpatterns.com/ http://www.dustindiaz.com/pro-javascript-design-patterns/ This is an intermediate book for people who have the basics of JS under their belt. To me, the value of this book lies in the first part, Object-Oriented JavaScript, that is a guide to well-written object-oriented JS using state of the art programming idioms. I'm not psyched by the second part, Design Patterns. It serves as an introduction, although I'd recommend the classic Design Patterns book by Gamma et al. to get the full treatment of considerations when and why to use patterns. Michael -- Michael Schuerig mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.schuerig.de/michael/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
