Thomas Fuchs, Creator of Script.aculo.us

Thomas Fuchs, based in Vienna, Austria, has been building web applications since 1996. Before becoming a partner and CTO at "wollzelle"[1], Thomas architected and lead the implementation efforts for various web applications and enterprise database systems for Austrian companies in the health-care, energy and logistics domains.

Next to being a core contributor to the "Prototype JavaScript framework"[2], he's the author of [3], a cross-browser JavaScript framework featuring advanced Ajax UI controls, visual effects and other niceties, features born out of wollzelle's "fluxiom asset management web application"[4]. Plus, he's busy as a core development team member of the influential "Ruby On Rails web development framework"[5].

He's also doing world-wide seminars, workshops and presentations on various Web development themes. Recent locations include Vienna, London, New York, Vancouver and San Franscisco.

Thomas writes about all things web over at his blog "mir.aculo.us"[6].

Presentation: "Prototype and script.aculo.us: Spending the weekends at home again"

Track: Ajax & Browser-Based Applications

Time: Friday 16:00 - 17:00

Location: Fleming Room

Abstract:

Born out of the Ruby on Rails web development framework, the Prototype JavaScript library and its companion script.aculo.us are now used by thousands of web sites and web applications, from private blogs to big enterprisey sites.

Why is that so? What's the compelling reason to use them? The simple answer is: Productivity when writing real-world apps. Having less code that means less bugs. Not having to care about cross-browser incompatibilities. Spending the weekends at home, not the office.

Oh yes, and swooshy effects can make a huge impression. A bit of eye-candy can make all the difference in how a user feels about your site or application.

The talk gives an overview about the concepts and functionality of both Prototype and the script.aculo.us libraries, provides advice on what and what not to expect and gives pointers and hints on how to get started.

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