Cough, AJAX

[Dominic Mitchell]

Andy Armstrong wrote:
> Can anyone recommend an up to date book on dynamic web stuff with JS? 
> Something heavy on accurate technical detail and light on fluff would be 
> splendid :)

Seeing as nobody else has mentioned it, I personally quite like 
Prototype.  It's pretty simple to get used to.  Whilst there aren't any 
official docs, there are a couple of good introductory articles:

* http://particletree.com/features/quick-guide-to-prototype/
* http://www.sitepoint.com/article/painless-javascript-prototype

There are also a couple of good "reference" type sites that I found useful.

* http://www.sergiopereira.com/articles/prototype.js.html
* http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/show/Prototype

Eventually there will be a book on Prototype:

* 
http://encytemedia.com/blog/articles/2006/04/27/writing-a-prototype-book-for-the-pragmatic-programmers

I also found the source pretty easy to navigate when I wanted to know 
exactly what was going on.

 From what I've seen of dojo, prototype feels a lot more lightweight and 
more like a functional language.

Whatever you do, though, make sure you use a library.  No point in 
reinventing the wheel...

-Dom