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= Prototype ==== An object-oriented JavaScript framework Prototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications. It offers a familiar class-style OO framework, extensive Ajax support, higher-order programming constructs, and easy DOM manipulation. === Targeted platforms Prototype currently targets the following platforms: * Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, version 6.0 and higher * Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and higher * Apple Safari 2.0 and higher * Opera 9.25 and higher == Using Prototype To use Prototype in your application, download the latest release from the Prototype web site (http://prototypejs.org/download) and copy <tt>dist/prototype.js</tt> to a suitable location. Then include it in your HTML like so: <script type="text/javascript" src="/path/to/prototype.js"></script> === Building Prototype from source <tt>prototype.js</tt> is a composite file generated from many source files in the <tt>src/</tt> directory. To build Prototype, you'll need: * a copy of the Prototype source tree, either from a distribution tarball or from the Git repository (see below) * Ruby 1.8.2 or higher (http://www.ruby-lang.org/) * Rake -- Ruby Make (http://rake.rubyforge.org/) * RDoc, if your Ruby distribution does not include it From the root Prototype directory, * <tt>rake dist</tt> will preprocess the Prototype source using ERB and generate the composite <tt>dist/prototype.js</tt>. * <tt>rake package</tt> will create a distribution tarball in the <tt>pkg/</tt> directory. == Contributing to Prototype Check out the Prototype source with $ git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/prototype.git Find out how to contribute: http://prototypejs.org/contribute == Documentation Please see the online Prototype API: http://prototypejs.org/api