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Learn how to create dynamic, interactive, and responsive cross-browser web applications using this popular JavaScript framework
- Learn how to build super-charged web forms
- Learn how to write powerful and flexible cross-browser code
- Make your web applications more dynamic and user-interactive with AJAX
- Packed with examples that will show you step by step the most important aspects of getting started with MooTools
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Sample Chapter no. 5 "Working with Events" [1.4 MB]
Table of Contents
Language English
Paperback 280 pages [191mm x 235mm]
Release date
December 2009
ISBN 1847194583
ISBN 13 978-1-847194-58-9
Author(s)
Garrick Cheung, Jacob Gube
Topics and Technologies
Open Source, Java
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Get to grips with MooTools so that you can start to create web pages and web applications worthy of the Web 2.0 world
MooTools is a simple-to-use JavaScript library, ideal for people with basic JavaScript skills who want to elevate their web applications to a superior level. If you're a newcomer to MooTools looking to build dynamic, rich, and user-interactive web site applications this beginner's guide with its easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions is all you need to rapidly get to grips with MooTools.
This is the first book specifically designed for absolute newcomers to MooTools. Its simple-to-follow beginner's guide style will give you all the building blocks required to do the basics and more in MooTools. You can start working with MooTools immediately because it assumes no knowledge or prior experience of MooTools.
First you will get to grips with the fundamentals of MooTools including downloading, installation, and basic syntax. Once you've grasped the basics you will learn how to make the most of MooTools' powerful framework. You will learn to bring web pages to life using animation and create exciting web pages using AJAX. You will also learn how to customize MooTools to suit your own needs by creating your own plug-ins. This book will have you well on way to creating web applications and web pages worthy of the Web 2.0 world.
Read the full Table of Contents for MooTools 1.2 Beginner's Guide
- Bringing web pages to life using animation
- Boosting the responsiveness of your web applications using AJAX with MooTools
- Building a web form dynamically responsive to a multitude of browser events
- The basics core functions of MooTools and how they work
- Creating your own versatile plug-ins that can be customized to fit your own personal requirements
- How to rapidly build a quick and easy web application using the power of MooTools
This is a Packt Beginner's Guide, which means it is packed with clear step-by-step instructions for performing the most useful tasks in MooTools. You will learn by doing and you will start learning immediately. As each chapter in the book progresses, the topics will get increasingly more complex. It starts by explaining the fundamentals of MooTools before undertaking tasks and challenges that encourage experimentation.
This book is perfect for MooTools newcomers. You do not require any familiarity with MooTools whatsoever, only a willingness to learn. Basic knowledge of JavaScript syntax and concepts is the only requirement. This book will allow you to grasp the basics of MooTools so that you will be well on the way to creating exciting, customizable web pages and applications.
Garrick Cheung
Garrick Cheung is a designer-developer and a member of the official Mootools Community team. He's currently a Senior Technical Producer for CBS Interactive developing for sites such as GameSpot.com, TV.com and MP3.com. He's passionate about code optimization and loves to teach and develop in MooTools. Garrick also writes about code and development at his site, http://www.garrickcheung.com.
Jacob Gube
Jacob Gube is a massive MooTools developer. He is the Founder and Chief Editor of Six Revisions, a website dedicated to web developers and web designers. He's also written for other popular web publications such as Read Write Web and Smashing Magazine discussing web technologies and development. A web professional for 8 years, Jacob is an in-house web developer specializing in distance-learning education and web accessibility, using PHP, MooTools, and jQuery to get the job done.
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