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Prototype Linkedin Group
3 comments | Posted by TobieWhen we first launched the Linkedin Prototype Group, we weren’t necessarily expecting it to be such a success–it’s over 800 members strong and counting.
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Want your code "pimped"?
6 comments | Posted by AndrewWe decided it’s finally time to implement an idea we had long ago.
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Growing the community
26 comments | Posted by AndrewNow that 1.6.0.3 is out, let’s talk about the Prototype community.
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Prototype 1.6.0.3: A long-awaited bugfix release
30 comments | Posted by AndrewYesterday we released Prototype 1.6.0.3, the result of some much-needed bug fixes, and a stopgap release on the road to 1.6.1.
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Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us
7 comments | Posted by Tobie
We’re very happy to announce a new addition to the Prototype bookshelf: core committer Andrew Dupont’s Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us published by Apress. -
First Prototype Developer Day: Monday September 29, 2008!
2 comments | Posted by Christophe
Prototype Core is happy to announce the first Prototype Developer Day! The Prototype Developer Day is going to be a recurring event bringing together Prototype Core members and users from the Prototype community to share experiences, offer insight into what’s coming up, and discuss topics like contribution, support, and the Prototype ecosystem. If you’re big on Prototype, you cannot miss this!
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Announcing new Prototype support mailing list
1 comment | Posted by AndrewSubscribers to the Rails Spinoffs mailing list should switch to our new, better-named list: Prototype & script.aculo.us.
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An Interview with Ryan Johnson
3 comments | Posted by Tobie
Today’s interviewee is Ryan Johnson of Control Suite fame.
Ryan just launched PersonalGrid, a new file sharing and publishing web application, along with a complete overhaul of Control Suite, now renamed LivePipe UI.
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An Interview with Piotr Dachtera
1 comment | Posted by Tobie
Piotr Dachtera is the lead developer behind the recently-launched Live Chess, a Prototype-based, Comet-powered live chess game.
We talked to him about the client-side challenges he faced along the way.
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Prototype hosted on Google's servers
9 comments | Posted by samGood news! Google now offers a cached, compressed copy of Prototype on its high-speed content distribution network via the AJAX Libraries API.
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An Interview with Amy Hoy
0 comments | Posted by Tobie
Hot on the heels of last week’s interview with Sergio Pereira, we were lucky enough to catch up with Amy Hoy. Amy defines herself as a informally educated designer-turned-interface-developer who also programs (and writes, and speaks, and takes pretty pictures). She’s also the co-creator of Twistori.
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An Interview with Sergio Pereira
7 comments | Posted by Tobie
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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Prototype Linkedin Group
2 comments | Posted by TobieThe 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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Ajax Pioneer Week on Ajaxian
3 comments | Posted by TobieDion 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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Deprecation.js: easing the 1.5 → 1.6 transition
21 comments | Posted by AndrewIf 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.

