Chapter 2. Techniques Used When Calling the APIs

As previously mentioned, Prototype and Scripaculous do not bring anything new to JavaScript. They do, however, use all of its features and stretch them to their limits. This section discusses some of the more advanced JavaScript features that both libraries use.

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