NetTuts: Make Your MooTools Code Shorter, Faster, and Stronger

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MooTools Faster

My latest NetTuts tutorial has hit! From the post:

MooTools is one of the most flexible, modular, and well written JavaScript frameworks available. So many people use it but many of them don't optimize their code. This post will provide you with fifteen simple tips for making your MooTools code shorter, faster, and stronger.

Don't miss it! http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/make-your-mootools-code-shorter-faster-and-stronger/

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Discussion

  1. (Posting on nettuts makes problems, so I’ll post here..)

    Hi –

    very good article, especially since it’s extensive.

    It brought some new insights (event delegation) and the jQuery + Mootools part is quite helpful – when using wordpress with plugins, this is unfortunately nearly unavoidable.

    regards.

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