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Last modified by Ravi Mendis on 2010/11/18 05:07
From version 225.1
edited by Ravi Mendis
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edited by Ravi Mendis
on 2009/07/16 08:46
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5 5  === What is ERPrototaculous? ===
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7 -* It provides 'organic' support for Prototype and Scriptaculous in WebObjects.
8 -* It doesn't extend Prototype
9 -* It includes a set of widgets in the Prototype + Scriptaculous family.
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 ajax on-demand style of 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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11 11  ==== Prototype + Scriptaculous Widgets ====
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13 13  * Accordion
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15 15  * ModalBox
16 16  * CalendarDateSelect
17 17  * FileUpload
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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).