MooTools Tutorials
![NetTuts: Sexy Animated Tabs Using MooTools]()
NetTuts: Sexy Animated Tabs Using MooTools
I've just released my third NetTuts post: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/sexy-animated-tabs-using-mootools/ . From the post: One modern, attractive way of placing a lot of content into a little space is by using a tab system. This tutorial will show you how to create a sexy, animated tab...
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MooTools Class Creation Tips II
A while back I shared a few MooTools class creation tips that I live by. More experience in creating MooTools plugins has given me some new guidelines to share. Code "Inline" First, Then Class-ize; Don't Force It The number one tip I give to MooTools Class rookies...
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MooTools Tip: Class.toElement
Many of you may not know of a feature that's baked into MooTools' Class internals: Class.toElement. Class.toElement allows you to pass the $ (or document.id) method an instance of your class and the instance will be treated as an element. The MooTools Class.toElement Usage This isn't...
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Hot Effect: MooTools Drag Opacity
As you should already know, the best visual features of a website are usually held within the most subtle of details. One simple trick that usually makes a big different is the use of opacity and fading. Another awesome MooTools functionality is...
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Create a Simple Slideshow Using MooTools, Part III: Creating a Class
In my previous two slideshow posts, Create a Simple Slideshow Using MooTools and Create a Simple Slideshow Using MooTools, Part II: Controls and Events, I showed you how to create a slideshow using...
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Introducing MooTools Cache
MooTools Cache is a new proof of concept plugin that I've created so that developers may easily "cache" values. Cache allows you to set, get, and refresh values. Cache also features a system of reading and writing from Cookies so that the cache remains...
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MooTools Quick Coding: Expand Abbreviation
One of the many great reasons for an official MooTools Forge is that I get to check one place to find numerous MooTools plugins that I've never seen before. One such plugin, Expand Abbreviation, allows the developer to create elements using...
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MooTools Tip: Event.stop
Events are a huge part of JavaScript because so much of our JavaScript is triggered by the user's actions. Quite frequently we will assign a listener to a link and immediately want the default click action stopped. For example: The above code works great but...
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Create a Simple Slideshow Using MooTools, Part II: Controls and Events
Last week we created a very simple MooTools slideshow script. The script was very primitive: no events and no next/previous controls -- just cross-fading between images. This tutorial will take the previous slideshow script a step further by: Adding "Next" and "Previous" controls. Adding...
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MooTools Overlay Plugin
Overlays have become a big part of modern websites; we can probably attribute that to the numerous lightboxes that use them. I've found a ton of overlay code snippets out there but none of them satisfy my taste in code. Many of them are...
