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\nAfter a year of using jQuery, I have an upcoming project that requires me to go back to MooTools. A lot of my MooTools knowledge was rather rusty, but a couple of weeks ago the nice people at Packt published a new book called MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide and I managed to get my hands on a copy.\n<\/p>\n

\nMooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide by Jacob Gube and Garrick Cheung promises readers they will “learn how to create dynamic, interactive, and responsive cross-browser web application using one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks”, and it certainly does that.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe book is very clearly written, with plenty of step by step examples. You’ll need a basic understanding of HTML, CSS and JavaScript but not much more.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe book starts out explaining what MooTools is, how to go about downloading it and then using it on a web page. It clearly explains the difference in using normal JavaScript code and MooTools code, before moving on to DOM selectors and other key utilities in the MooTools library. In addition to this, there are chapters on events, AJAX, animations and plugins.\n<\/p>\n

\nWhen the book arrived I expected a very simple book, and I have to admit to having been pleasantly surprised. As well as being an excellent tutorial for beginners, there is actually quite a lot for the more experienced developer and I found myself picking up quite a few new tricks, and clarifying my knowledge in a few places. One area that MooTools has always been weak in comparison to rival frameworks like jQuery has been the quality of the documentation and tutorials for beginners, this book really addresses that area and should be a welcome addition to the library of any MooTools developer.\n<\/p>\n

\nMooTools 1.2 Beginners Guide Official Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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