Prototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. It offers a familiar class-style OO framework, extensive Ajax support, higher-order programming constructs, and easy DOM manipulation.
Prototype currently targets the following platforms:
To use Prototype in your application, download the latest release from the
Prototype web site (http://prototypejs.org/download) and copy
dist/prototype.js
to a suitable location. Then include it in your HTML
like so:
<script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/prototype.js"></script>
prototype.js
is a composite file generated from many source files in
the src/
directory. To build Prototype, you'll need:
From the root Prototype directory:
rake dist
will preprocess the Prototype source using Sprockets anddist/prototype.js
rake package
will create a distribution tarball in thepkg/
directoryCheck out the Prototype source with
$ git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/prototype.git
$ cd prototype
$ git submodule init
$ git submodule update vendor/sprockets vendor/pdoc vendor/unittest_js
Find out how to contribute: http://prototypejs.org/contribute.
Please see the online Prototype API: http://api.prototypejs.org.