Clientside Examples & Tutorials

CNET Libraries

Aaron Newton — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:42:30 -0600

At CNET.com we've been working to create a set of javascript classes and functions that will be available to all our pages. Some of these classes are unique to our network and I won't document them here. Others though are things that could be reused elsewhere, and you'll find them detailed in this section of the wiki. I'm adding these as I have time, so check back often.

Downloads & SVN

Aaron Newton — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:37:26 -0600

CNET has its own internal source code, but in an effort to share these files we're using an external SVN service (Google code). You can download files individually from our svn repository here: Check out the svn Additionally, you can check out the source code with svn thusly:

Compatibility

Jimomighty — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:48:56 -0600

Mootools version 1.1 is not 100% compatible with code authored for previous releases. While the syntax for classes and functions has changed little if at all since the previous release (most of the changes are 'under the hood' and result in leaner, faster code), there are some syntax changes that would make code written for 1.0 and before break.

Getting Started: What is Mootools?

Dimitris Karteris — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:54:57 -0600

Mootools is a lightweight abstraction layer between the browser and the code you write (this is really the definition of nearly every js framework out there - Prototype, Dojo, jQuery, Y!UI, etc). It offers more functionality and richer tools for writing javascript, taking what has historically been painful and fraught with buggy environments (the browsers) and presenting you with a much more reliable environment. By adding it to your environment (i.e. including the script in your page) you are a…

How to write a Mootools Class

Aaron Newton — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:38:49 -0600

Here's a line-by-line, step-by-step walk-through of me writing a class. The actual class in this example, a slideshow, is in our common library and has more functionality than this example.