Tag Archives: prototype

Prototype: It's Not Just a JavaScript Library

Used to be that writing front-end code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) wasn’t terribly complex. The syntax of HTML and CSS isn’t all that difficult to get the hang of and JavaScript (back in the day) was just a tool to validate form fields and play funny tricks on poor unsuspecting visitors. These days, JavaScript has become …

May 14, 2009 – 9:08 pm | By randy | Posted in Code Chunks, General Nerdery, Home | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Scrobble This: last.fm recent tracks AJAX style

So, I’ve been reading up a bit on prototype.js and its Ajax helpers. It’s an amazing tool and helped me write the bit of info at the top of the page. It’s pretty basic, but here’s the code that does most of the work: function lastfm() { new Ajax.Request(‘/as/recenttracks.xml’, { method: ‘get’, onLoading: function() { …

January 24, 2007 – 7:40 pm | By randy | Posted in Code Chunks, General Nerdery, Home, How-To | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)