Prototype

Useful Links

• Excellent Prototype examples and tutorials.
• Good check list of things to do and to avoid in Prototype.

Notes

• Binding is one of the most useful functions in Prototype. In particular, when iterating over objects with an each and a defined function, the function won't be binded to the current object. You must manually bind it.

• When using classes, use the Prototype classes functions (Class.create()).

• evalJSON() works well, but not the same way as eval() as it is a String method, thus you call it directly on your JSON string.

Forms

• If you have a DOM element of a form, don't use element.readAtrribute("value") to obtain its value as it will give you the initial value of the form. Use $F(element) directly.