- Cross browser DOM abstractions (Event.observe, etc.) handled for you - .bind(this) corrects scope nicely when doing OO design - as Christophe points out, Enumerable-y goodness - arguably the most widely used, and thus most supported baseline library for js development (i.e. higher likelihood of finding devs in future who can read the code)
On 2/13/08, Christophe Porteneuve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > emullet a écrit : > > I'm giving a 30 minute overview of Prototype to our development team > > tomorrow and I'd like some suggestions as to what to cover. > > > > Currently my outline covers $ and $$, Array.each, Ajax, and the Class > > creation/inheritance from 1.6.0. > > > > Is there anything else that I'm missing that would be really useful to > > newbs? > > IMHO, you should stress that 99% of the iteration use-cases already have > a method for them in Enumerable. The module is way too underused, I > believe. Perhaps event-/time-based observers deserve a mention even in > such a short run-through. As for the class system, it really depends on > what your team will use Prototype for. There are whole categories of > users that will rarely use it. > > -- > Christophe Porteneuve aka TDD > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- Ryan Gahl Manager, Senior Software Engineer Nth Penguin, LLC http://www.nthpenguin.com -- WebWidgetry.com / MashupStudio.com Future Home of the World's First Complete Web Platform -- Inquire: 1-920-574-2218 Blog: http://www.someElement.com LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryangahl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
