A tutorial on using the Prototype library to do more functionally oriented JavaScript programming. Developers will learn how to minimize special cases, side effects, and co-dependency through better user of Prototype. The tutorial will also cover building basic prototype classes and separation of logic between .rhtml, .rjs, and application.js layers.

Experience with the JavaScript syntax is a plus, as well as some working knowledge of the prototype library.

Some of the areas of prototype that will be covered include use of Element.extend, $$, the Enumerable class, anonymous functions, and binding.