Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
33 used & new from $7.90

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
MooTools Essentials: The Official MooTools Reference for JavaScript™ and Ajax Development (Firstpress)
 
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here.
 
  

MooTools Essentials: The Official MooTools Reference for JavaScript™ and Ajax Development (Firstpress) (Paperback)

by Aaron Newton (Author)
Key Phrases: functional programming, other iteration methods, native objects, Internet Explorer (more...)
2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

List Price: $19.98
Price: $17.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details
You Save: $1.99 (10%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Only 5 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want it delivered Monday, July 20? Choose One-Day Shipping at checkout. Details
21 new from $11.87 12 used from $7.90

Frequently Bought Together

MooTools Essentials: The Official MooTools Reference for JavaScript™ and Ajax Development (Firstpress) + JavaScript: The Good Parts + jQuery in Action
Price For All Three: $64.17

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: MooTools Essentials: The Official MooTools Reference for JavaScript™ and Ajax Development (Firstpress) by Aaron Newton

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

  • JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

  • jQuery in Action by Bear Bibeault

    In Stock.
    Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
    This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Details


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

jQuery in Action

jQuery in Action

by Bear Bibeault
4.4 out of 5 stars (42)  $26.39
Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us (Expert's Voice in Web Development)

Practical Prototype and script.aculo.us (Expert's Voice in Web Development)

by Andrew Dupont
4.4 out of 5 stars (8)  $26.39
Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns

Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns

by Michael Bowers
4.6 out of 5 stars (29)  $29.69
Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries

Accelerated DOM Scripting with Ajax, APIs, and Libraries

by Jonathan Snook
5.0 out of 5 stars (2)  $26.39
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

by David Flanagan
4.4 out of 5 stars (286)  $31.49
Explore similar items

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Mootools is a light, modular JavaScript framework that makes adding Ajax, animations, and interactive elements to your site a breeze. But it’s more than fancy effects and shortcuts; Mootools enhances the JavaScript language and makes writing clean, object–oriented code almost pleasant. Unlocking the power of Mootools, and therefore JavaScript, isn’t that hard, but knowing where to start can be. Mootools Essentials aims to help you accomplish that task with the following:

  • Illustrations of nearly every class and function in the library
  • Real–world examples of how to use them
  • Written by Mootools user/contributor and Mootorial author, Aaron Newton.

You can see how Mootools makes JavaScript more powerful.


What you’ll learn

  • Access the complete reference to the Mootools library.
  • See how to use the library and understand how JavaScript/Mootools is different from other programming languages.
  • Get step–by–step code authoring examples.
  • Explore real–world examples of how to accomplish common fundamental tasks.

Who is this book for?

This firstPress book is for web developers who want to learn an easier and productive way to develop/use JavaScript and Ajax.




About the Author

Aaron Newton is a product manager, developer, interface designer, and writer. He is a contributor to the Mootools Javascript framework where he writes code, the documentation, free online tutorials and the first Mootools book published by Apress. His experience includes founding music startup, Epitonic.com, launching CNET’s Download.com Music, and several years product managing application development for various projects at CNET Networks. His current startup, Iminta.com, launched this spring and is based in San Francisco.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 300 pages
  • Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (September 18, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430209836
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430209836
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #269,042 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

    #59 in  Books > Computers & Internet > Programming > Languages & Tools > Ajax
    #65 in  Books > Computers & Internet > Web Development > Programming > JavaScript

Inside This Book (learn more)

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

MooTools Essentials: The Official MooTools Reference for JavaScript™ and Ajax Development (Firstpress)
93% buy the item featured on this page:
MooTools Essentials: The Official MooTools Reference for JavaScript™ and Ajax Development (Firstpress) 2.9 out of 5 stars (9)
$17.99
jQuery in Action
2% buy
jQuery in Action 4.4 out of 5 stars (42)
$26.39
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
2% buy
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide 4.4 out of 5 stars (286)
$31.49
Learning jQuery: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques
1% buy
Learning jQuery: Better Interaction Design and Web Development with Simple JavaScript Techniques 4.4 out of 5 stars (28)
$35.99

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below.
(2)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

 

Customer Reviews

9 Reviews
5 star:
 (3)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:
 (2)
1 star:
 (3)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
2.9 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Sorry but..., November 26, 2008
By D. Crowell (Aurora, CO) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
I have never written a book review before. I have read hundreds of technical computer books. I have a huge library that is used frequently. Maybe it's because I am more familiar with jquery but.... This is possibly the worst technical book I have ever purchased. Would it have been too much to include an index? I'm old so I appreciate the large print, but I suspect that they increased the font size to fill out the length to the sparse 276 pages. Chapter 13. Real World examples has a GIANT 3 examples on 5 pages. In fact the real problem with this book is the overall dearth of examples. With all the online resources available I still buy books because I like their portability and ease of use. Unfortunately with this book the only portability I am interested in is it's trip across the room onto the nearest wall. I feel bad about writing a bad review and I apologize to the author, as I am sure it was a lot of work. I'm afraid that it is probably the result of the editor and publisher that they released a product that was not yet polished. It may have been rushed out the door. Of course this is just my opinion, but please take an extra long look at the contents before you purchase.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Good module overview, not so good for "how to use", March 9, 2009
By John Porra (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
Unfortunately, this book only covers a brief overview of what the components of MooTools offers. It doesn't really go into how you can use them to your benefit.

That being said, even the author thinks that there was a lot left out of this book, and is putting it into version 2.

One thing that's really missing is an index. That alone would have given it an extra star.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource and Great Price, September 19, 2008
Ordered the book as soon as it came out, and have been reading it regularly ever since. It does a great job of both introducing the concepts to those who are new to the framework, as well as describing those subtle touches that make Mootools such a powerful development platform. Full of great (and light-hearted) code examples, as well as many useful tables and charts. And to top it off, the book is offered at a great price. Moo.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars Binding Error and publisher unwilling to help
I purchased this book with two day shipping for a project with a tight deadline. I got the book on time from Amazon, but there was a binding error and instead of MooTools the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. Colasante

1.0 out of 5 stars wrong book inside the cover?
I just received MooTools Essentials by Aaron Newton from Amazon.com but inside the cover it is "Android Essentials" by Chris Haseman

Interesting as this book is only... Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. Clark

2.0 out of 5 stars Technically inaccurate
While it is great to have a book about MooTools, this one unfortunately has problems. It is filled with small and large technical inaccuracies and omissions. Read more
Published 7 months ago by B. Schick

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book, but no index (?!)
Generally, I think this book is amazing. It covers almost all of the public (API) aspects of Moo in passing but with enough depth so the developer reading is comfortable figuring... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Nicholas W. Carter

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on MooTools by an excellent MooTools contributor
MooTools Essentials finally gives some real credibility by way of a book to this great framework and it's written by one of the best contributors to MooTools... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Sunny Hirai

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read for intermediate to advanced JavaScript developers
Having had experience with both Prototype and jQuery, this book actually made me a MooTools convert. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Alejandro Diaz

Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


Active discussions in related forums
   


Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)


So You'd Like to...


Look for Similar Items by Category


Shop in a Box with Power-Tool Combo Packs

Shop for combo packs
Expand your tool collection with a versatile combo pack. Our extensive line of combo packs includes air tools and convenient cordless power tools.

Shop combo packs

 

Big Savings in Books

Bargain Books
Find great titles at fantastic prices in our Bargain Books Store.
 

Shut Out the Cold

Shop for Door Sweeps
While weather stripping seals the top and sides of a door, door sweeps protect the threshold.

Shop all door sweeps

 

Best Books

Best of the Month
See our editors' picks and more of the best new books on our Best of the Month page.
 

 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.


Where's My Stuff?

Shipping & Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.

Continue shopping: Top Sellers
Free
Free by Chris Anderson
Paranoia
Paranoia by Joseph Finder
My Soul to Lose
My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent
Glenn Beck's Common Sense

Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates