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   1  = Prototype
   2  ==== An object-oriented JavaScript framework
   3  
   4  Prototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic 
   5  web applications.  It offers a familiar class-style OO framework, extensive
   6  Ajax support, higher-order programming constructs, and easy DOM manipulation.
   7  
   8  === Targeted platforms
   9  
  10  Prototype currently targets the following platforms:
  11  
  12  * Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, version 6.0 and higher
  13  * Mozilla Firefox 1.0/Mozilla 1.7 and higher
  14  * Apple Safari 1.2 and higher
  15  
  16  == Using Prototype
  17  
  18  To use Prototype in your application, download the latest release from the 
  19  Prototype web site (http://prototype.conio.net/) and copy 
  20  <tt>dist/prototype.js</tt> to a suitable location. Then include it in your HTML
  21  like so:
  22  
  23    <script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/prototype.js"></script>
  24  
  25  === Building Prototype from source
  26  
  27  <tt>prototype.js</tt> is a composite file generated from many source files in 
  28  the <tt>src/</tt> directory. To build Prototype, you'll need:
  29  
  30  * a copy of the Prototype source tree, either from a distribution tarball or
  31    from the Subversion repository (see below)
  32  * Ruby 1.8.2 or higher (http://www.ruby-lang.org/)
  33  * Rake -- Ruby Make (http://rake.rubyforge.org/)
  34  * RDoc, if your Ruby distribution does not include it
  35  
  36  From the root Prototype directory,
  37  
  38  * <tt>rake dist</tt> will preprocess the Prototype source using ERB and 
  39    generate the composite <tt>dist/prototype.js</tt>.
  40  * <tt>rake package</tt> will create a distribution tarball in the 
  41    <tt>pkg/</tt> directory.
  42  
  43  == Contributing to Prototype
  44  
  45  Check out the Prototype source with 
  46    $ svn co http://dev.rubyonrails.org/svn/rails/spinoffs/prototype/
  47  
  48  Modify the files in <tt>src/</tt>, add tests in <tt>test/</tt> if possible, 
  49  and post a patch to http://dev.rubyonrails.org/newticket (please make sure 
  50  to pick "Prototype" as the component).
  51  
  52  == Documentation
  53  
  54  Please see the Prototype documentation on the script.aculo.us wiki:
  55    http://wiki.script.aculo.us/scriptaculous/show/Prototype