Foreword

Niceness is key.

Web development is traditionally centered around finding workarounds for problems when implementing something that looks easy enough to do on paper. Probably the most sinister and seemingly magical part of all is the web browser. Besides the fact that the major browsers all have various bugs and don’t completely support what is stated in the specs, you’ll quickly run into basic limitations, like missing user interface controls, unnecessarily complicated coding in JavaScript, and, of course, the dreaded cross-browser differences.

Well, forget about all that. This book will show you how to use Prototype and Scriptaculous to concentrate on what’s really important: implementing your ideas.