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Prototype¶ ↑
An object-oriented JavaScript frameworkPrototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. It offers a familiar class-style OO framework, extensive Ajax support, higher-order programming constructs, and easy DOM manipulation.
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Targeted platformsPrototype currently targets the following platforms:
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Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, version 6.0 and higher
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Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and higher
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Apple Safari 2.0 and higher
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Opera 9.25 and higher
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Using PrototypeTo use Prototype in your application, download the latest release from the Prototype web site (prototypejs.org/download) and copy dist/prototype.js
to a suitable location. Then include it in your HTML like so:
<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/prototype.js"></script>
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Building Prototype from sourceprototype.js
is a composite file generated from many source files in the src/
directory. To build Prototype, you’ll need:
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a copy of the Prototype source tree, either from a distribution tarball or from the Git repository (see below)
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Ruby 1.8.2 or higher (www.ruby-lang.org/)
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Rake – Ruby Make (rake.rubyforge.org/)
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RDoc, if your Ruby distribution does not include it
From the root Prototype directory,
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rake dist
will preprocess the Prototype source using ERB and generate the compositedist/prototype.js
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rake package
will create a distribution tarball in thepkg/
directory.
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Contributing to PrototypeCheck out the Prototype source with
$ git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/prototype.git $ cd prototype $ git submodule init $ git submodule update
Find out how to contribute:
http://prototypejs.org/contribute
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DocumentationPlease see the online Prototype API:
http://prototypejs.org/api