ERPrototaculous
Version 223.1 by Ravi Mendis on 2009/07/16 08:31
Introduction
ERPrototaculous was developed to provide the ajax functionality in ERDivaLook.
What is ERPrototaculous?
- It provides 'organic' support for Prototype and Scriptaculous in WebObjects.
- It doesn't extend Prototype
- It includes a set of widgets in the Prototype + Scriptaculous family.
- It subscribes to Unobtrusive Javascript. This is in contrast to ajax on-demand style of programming.
Prototype + Scriptaculous Widgets
- Accordion
- LightWindow
- ModalBox
- CalendarDateSelect
- FileUpload
Forms in ERPrototaculous
Differences from using forms in WebObjects. i.e WOForm:
- All form controls must be named. This includes text fields, selects and buttons.
(WebObjects dynamically assigned names are not compatible with ERPrototaculous).