Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us (Expert's Voice in Web Development)

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It's the best book in the field yet, though it would be best if it has come out earlier, the samples are easy to understand, and to incorporate in any other snippet. Great!

Andrew does an excellent job introducing developers at all levels to the power of these great frameworks, providing an easy way for those new to JavaScript to get started as well as the important information required by the experienced. Add in a dash of Andrew's dry humor and direct experience building Prototype as a part of the core team and you've got a hell of a great resource for Web developers.

Prototype and script.aculo.us are influential and widely adopted. It's not surprising that book publishers are rushing to cover them. What is surprising is that most of the titles currently available are of such poor quality. This is the good one.

Practical Prototype and script.aculous is well-organized, easy-to-read, covers the feature set well and includes a wealth of non-fluffy background material that beginners and journeymen alike will appreciate. The book easily paid for itself in time savings. Use it with the API reference at prototypejs.org/api and you'll be all set.

I would have liked a bit more on script.aculo.us, especially the Droppable, Draggable, and Sortable, but it's very good, easily understood.