Prototype Javascript Framework

Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.

Featuring a unique, easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the nicest Ajax library around, Prototype is quickly becoming the codebase of choice for web application developers everywhere.


Welcome to the API documentation for Prototype. The left column contains the main sections. When you activate a section, its detailed contents then appears at the top of the column.

We are doing our best to provide you with current, clear, example-rich documentation. The goal here is that you should, when reading it, get the same warm, fuzzy feeling as we do when using Prototype :-)

The API documentation is a reference documentation. If you need to learn how to use Prototype, or to acquire skills in a particular feature area, have a look at the Learn section, which is accessible from the top of all pages (the “Tips and Tutorials” link), and is also linked from the orange bar in all reference pages. Documentation in the Learn section is more narrative and tutorial-style.

Enjoy the docs!
Documentation tools and bundles

* downloadable PDF version by Josh Clark
* downloadable CHM version by Kjell Bublitz
* API Search Bookmarklet: Drag this bookmark to your browser’s toolbar. Type in a method to view its documentation. For example, Event.observe. Search Prototype API
* Dashboard widget
* Firefox sidebar

Archives

For those of you using older versions of Prototype, you can download corresponding PDF versions of the docs below, courtesy of Josh Clark.

* Version 1.5.1
* Version 1.5.0

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