| [1] | 1 | == script.aculo.us web 2.0 javascript |
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| 3 | The Web is changing. The 30-year-old terminal-like technology it was originally |
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| 4 | is gradually giving way to new ways of doing things. The power of AJAX allows |
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| 5 | for rich user interaction without the trouble that has bugged traditional |
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| 6 | web applications. |
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| 8 | Building upon the wonderful Prototype JavaScript library, script.aculo.us |
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| 9 | provides you with some great additional ingredients to mix in. |
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| 11 | For more information, see http://script.aculo.us/ |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | == What's new in this release? |
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| 15 | See the CHANGELOG file for information on what's new. |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | == Installation/Usage |
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| 18 | |
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| 19 | script.aculo.us includes the Prototype JavaScript Framework |
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| 20 | V1.6.0. You can use later versions, as they become available |
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| 21 | (see http://prototypejs.org/). |
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| 23 | Put prototype.js, and the six files scriptaculous.js, |
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| 24 | builder.js, effects.js, dragdrop.js, controls.js and slider.js |
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| 25 | in a directory of your website, e.g. /javascripts. |
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| 27 | (The sound.js and unittest.js files are optional) |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | Now, you can include the scripts by adding the following |
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| 30 | tags to the HEAD section of your HTML pages: |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | <script src="/javascripts/prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script> |
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| 33 | <script src="/javascripts/scriptaculous.js" type="text/javascript"></script> |
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| 35 | scriptaculous.js will automatically load the other files of the |
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| 36 | script.aculo.us distribution in, provided they are accessible |
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| 37 | via the same path. |
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| 39 | See http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/show/Usage for detailed |
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| 40 | usage instructions. |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | == The distribution |
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| 43 | |
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| 44 | Besides the script.aculo.us files in src, there's a complete |
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| 45 | test tree included which holds functional and unit tests for |
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| 46 | script.aculo.us. |
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| 48 | If you need examples on how to implement things, the best place to |
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| 49 | start is by opening test/run_functional_tests.html or |
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| 50 | test/run_unit_tests.html in your browser, and looking at |
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| 51 | the sources of the examples provided. |
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| 53 | == License |
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| 54 | |
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| 55 | script.aculo.us is licensed under the terms of the MIT License, |
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| 56 | see the included MIT-LICENSE file. |
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