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Overview

Did your first few years of Javascript programming consist of "copy" and "paste"? It's time to learn it right!

Javascript is a highly dynamic language with many interesting features which most developers never learn. Yet familiarity with Javascript is a must if you want to develop current web applications with the full power of modern browsers.

The Prototype.js library makes Javascript nearly painless. It extends native objects with extra functionality and makes it easy to organize your code or even extend built-in objects.

This 90 minute screencast shows you the basics of Javascript and walks through a few simple projects. You'll learn about

code organization

writing classes

extending objects

attaching behaviors to elements

simple debugging

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Table of Contents

Chapter/Selection

Time

Introduction

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00:01:32

Tools that make it easier

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00:02:47

Basic Javascript syntax

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00:08:25

Element Selectors

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00:13:12

Classes and Modules

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00:10:54

The Source Code

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00:01:56

Attach Behavior to Elements

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00:18:42

Troubleshooting

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00:08:26

Prototype Internals

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00:10:33

Baseline Project

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00:11:57

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