1. Prototype 1.7

    31 comments | Posted by Andrew

    Last week, we tagged the first stable release of 1.7, marking the end of a far-too-long release cycle. We've made more than 50 improvements since the last stable version and are already working on 1.7.0.1.

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  2. Prototype 1.7 RC3: Support for IE9

    14 comments | Posted by Andrew

    Release Candidate 3 of Prototype 1.7 is now out. This long-delayed version includes full support for Internet Explorer 9.

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  3. Prototype 1.7 RC2

    12 comments | Posted by Andrew

    We’ve just tagged Release Candidate 2 of Prototype 1.7, with the intent of putting out a final 1.7 release very soon.

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  4. Prototype 1.7 RC1: Sizzle, layout/dimensions API, event delegation, and more

    34 comments | Posted by Andrew

    We've just tagged the first release candidate of Prototype 1.7: a major new version with some major new features.

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  5. Documentation: not just new, but also improved

    26 comments | Posted by Andrew

    When we officially released 1.6.1 last week, we also published new documentation, the first official docs generated with PDoc.

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  6. Core Team update: Andrew & Tobie take the reins

    9 comments | Posted by sam

    In addition to releasing Prototype 1.6.1, I’m pleased to announce that Andrew Dupont and Tobie Langel now officially head up the Prototype Core Team. They’ll be in charge of maintaining Prototype, deciding what makes the cut for new releases, and handling day-to-day operations.

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  7. Prototype 1.6.1 released

    52 comments | Posted by sam

    We’re pleased to announce the release of Prototype 1.6.1 today. This version features improved performance, an element metadata storage system, new mouse events, and compatibility with the latest browsers. It’s also the first release of Prototype built with Sprockets, our JavaScript packaging tool, and PDoc, our inline documentation tool.

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  8. Prototype 1.6.1 RC3: Chrome support and PDoc

    26 comments | Posted by Andrew

    Today we’re announcing Release Candidate 3 of Prototype 1.6.1. Among the highlights of this release are official Chrome support, improved IE8 compatibility, faster generation of API documentation with PDoc, and lots of bug fixes.

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  9. Prototype 1.6.1 RC2: IE8 compatibility, Element storage, and bug fixes

    29 comments | Posted by Andrew

    Today we tagged the first public release candidate of Prototype 1.6.1. (What happened to RC1? Long story.) While there are more minor fixes we’d like to get into this release, we decided an interim release was necessary because of the final release of Internet Explorer 8 last week.

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  10. Sprockets: Beautiful and angular

    9 comments | Posted by Andrew

    Over at SvN, Sam announced the 1.0 release of Sprockets, the new dependency management and concatenation tool that makes it easy to modularize your JavaScript. Sprockets is Prototype’s new build system, but it’s also been extracted into a Ruby library so you can use it anywhere you write JavaScript.

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  11. Pimp My Code #1: Element.Storage

    21 comments | Posted by Andrew

    Man, it's quiet around here. Interested in doing some pimpin'?

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  12. Prototype Linkedin Group

    3 comments | Posted by Tobie

    When 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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  13. Want your code "pimped"?

    6 comments | Posted by Andrew

    We decided it’s finally time to implement an idea we had long ago.

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  14. Growing the community

    26 comments | Posted by Andrew

    Now that 1.6.0.3 is out, let’s talk about the Prototype community.

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  15. Prototype 1.6.0.3: A long-awaited bugfix release

    30 comments | Posted by Andrew

    Yesterday 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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