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1 1  == Introduction ==
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3 -ERPrototaculous is 'organic' support for Prototype and Scriptaculous in WebObjects.
4 -It provides the ajax functionality for ERDivaLook, which is what it was originally designed for.
3 +ERPrototaculous was developed to provide the ajax functionality in ERDivaLook.
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5 +=== What is ERPrototaculous? ===
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7 +Features include:
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9 +* 'Organic' support for Prototype and Scriptaculous in WebObjects.
10 +* No custom Prototype extensions
11 +* A set of widgets in the Prototype + Scriptaculous family.
12 +* Use of [[Unobtrusive Javascript>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtrusive_JavaScript]].
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14 +==== Unobtrusive Javascript in ERPrototaculous ====
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16 +Unobtrusive javascript is used in contrast to on-demand style of ajax programming.
17 +By including Javascript as well as CSS globally in the page wrapper, CSS and/or Javascript doesn't have to load inside ajax requests.
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19 +The result is **faster** and more **reliable** ajax in WebObjects applications.
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21 +==== Prototype + Scriptaculous Widgets ====
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23 +* Accordion
24 +* LightWindow
25 +* ModalBox
26 +* CalendarDateSelect
27 +* FileUpload
28 +
29 +== Forms in ERPrototaculous ==
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31 +Differences from using forms in WebObjects. i.e ##WOForm##:
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33 +* All form controls must be named. This includes text fields, selects and buttons.
34 +(WebObjects dynamically assigned names are not compatible with ERPrototaculous).
35 +* All forms in an ERPrototaculous app are instances of ##AjaxUpdaterForm##.