Prototype Javascript Framework

Last week, we launched a Prototype Linkedin group, which, as of this writing, has more than 300 members. This was the occasion to get back in touch with a lot of people from the Prototype community, and to launch a project we’ve had in mind for a long time: regular interviews of developers and designers working with Prototype.

Today’s interviewee is Sergio Pereira.

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The Prototype community now has its own group on LinkedIn.

It’s a great opportunity to connect with other developers and designers who are using Prototype in their daily work, get to know them better, and put a face next to the names you see daily in the mailing lists or on IRC.

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Dion Almaer just posted on Ajaxian an interview of Prototype creator Sam Stephenson – the first of a series on Ajax pioneers.

Sam talks about the future of Prototype, shares his thoughts on the current state of browsers, and discusses some of the upcoming tools we’re busy working on (PDoc, Sprockets, etc.).

So, without further ado:

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If you’ve put off the task of upgrading your old code to Prototype 1.6, now you’re out of excuses. Core team member Tobie Langel has developed a script that will warn you of any deprecations or API changes.

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Loyal Prototype user (and Scripteka maintainer) kangax has released a Prototype cheat sheet in coordination with our recent 1.6.0.2 release.

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Today we’re releasing Prototype 1.6.0.2 to address several compatibility and performance issues and to protect against a potential security issue for developers using Prototype outside of a web browser environment.

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NASA celebrates its 50th anniversary with a new web site powered by Prototype and script.aculo.us. The new site’s features include a calendar, image gallery, redesigned navigation, and fancy transitions and effects. Congratulations to NASA and the team at Critical Mass on a job well done.

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The final versions of Prototype 1.6.0, script.aculo.us 1.8.0, and the Prototype & script.aculo.us book are now available. Prototype 1.6.0 is the most significant update to the framework since its inception over two years ago. We’re very excited about the changes in this release, and what better way to celebrate than with an update to script.aculo.us and a book covering all the new goodness?

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Prototype core developer Mislav Marohnić recently patched the open-source CMS Radiant to take advantage of the many code-saving features in Prototype 1.6.0, and he’s written an informative description of the process on his new blog, No Strings Attached. Mislav’s writeup covers the migration from Prototype 1.5.0 to 1.6.0, with examples of how to use the improved DOM and event APIs and upgrade to the new Hash API. The final release of 1.6.0 is just around the corner, so be sure to check out these nuggets of wisdom as you upgrade.

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Two months after putting 1.6.0 RC0 out in the wild, we’ve fixed a handful of bugs and made some changes to the Class and Event APIs in response to your feedback. We’ve also addressed a long-standing issue with the Hash class. These changes are now available for download in our second release candidate, Prototype 1.6.0 RC1. Keep reading for a detailed description of the changes, some of which are incompatible with previous versions of Prototype.

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The first release candidate of Prototype 1.6.0 has arrived! The core team is continuing its tradition of bringing thoughtful incremental upgrades to the core APIs in addition to performance improvements and bug fixes. Keep reading for some of the highlights of this major release, or download it now for instant gratification.

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The 2nd beta (B1…) of Christophe’s upcoming book, “Prototype and script.aculo.us,” was released yesterday by the Pragmatic Programmers. It now features the whole contents about script.aculo.us, and is 95% content-complete.

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The Ajax Experience is a series of tech conferences initiated by Ajaxian.com co-founders Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith. This year, they hold conferences in San Francisco from July 25 to July 27, and Boston from October 24 to October 26.

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Prototype 1.5.1.1 is now available for download. This is a bug fix release that prevents crashes with versions 1.3 and 2.0.x of the Safari browser. We urge everyone using Prototype 1.5.1 to upgrade to this latest release.

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There is no rest for the Prototype core team. Immediately after we pushed version 1.5.1 out, great changes continue to incubate in our experimental SVN branches, and some of those have recently made their way into trunk. Here's a look at one such change that will make creating DOM nodes simpler in the next release of Prototype.

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