Resources

This page lists some resources that are useful when doing web development — with or without Prototype & script.aculo.us!

Add-ons / Plug-ins

We have a whole page dedicated to extras.

Tools

• Firebug - Firebug is a JavaScript debugger, HTML and CSS inspector, and more for Firefox (although "lite" versions are available for IE and Opera). They're having some issues with Firefox 3, but with Firefox 2 it's outstanding.
• Firebug extensions - Extensions for Firebug that include, amongst other things, debugging server-side code in PHP (FirePHP), Python (FirePython), and others — right there inside the browser!
• The W3C Markup Validator Service - An easy way to check that your markup is valid.
• Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar - Explore and modify the DOM, check CSS rules, etc.
• Pastie - A place to post code examples that get a durable URL and syntax highlighting.
• JS Bin - A place providing a quick and easy way to test bits of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (with Prototype, script.aculo.us, etc.), collaboratively debug code, etc. Kind of a live Pastie. Post live examples that stick around for three months.
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References

• The JavaScript Specification
• List of JavaScript/DOM Events - A handy list of JavaScript/DOM events at W3Schools.
• W3C DOM3 Events - The official list of DOM Level 3 events from the W3C.
• Event Compatibility Tables at QuirksMode.org by Peter-Paul Koch.
• Keyboard Event Browser Support Details by Jan Wolter. A good discussion of keyboard event handling in browser-based applications, with detailed information about support in various browsers.
• Prototype 1.6.0.2 Cheat Sheet by Juriy Zaytsev (aka kangax) on his prototype blog
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Discussion Groups

• Prototype & script.aculo.us Google group - Discussion of Prototype & script.aculo.us.
• WWW Authoring newsgroup - Discussion of WWW authoring going all the way back to 1995.
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