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In most javascript frameworks, one of the most powerful tools they offer is the DOM selector function. It’s commonly known in Mootools and Prototype as the double-dollar ($$) and in jQuery it’s just a single-dollar ($). It allows us to search and find elements in the DOM and return them as an array.
For instance, $$(“p”) [...]

I had a little personal project where I needed to combine my wife’s and my Twitter feed into one common feed. This was so we could display it on our blog and it would show in realtime what we were doing. Not a problem using Yahoo Pipes since our accounts are unprotected and open to [...]

Ryan

Mootools Link Animation

December 15, 2008 by Ryan in Mootools, Tutorial


As we are building out our ap, Mosaic, we are starting to add in a few of the detail touches that make a UI a little more comfortable to use. In many places, such as the navigation, we are swapping the background color of a link to show the rollover (or :hover) effect. It’s a [...]