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Prototype 1.6.0.2 Cheat Sheet

January 22nd, 2008

Prototype 1.6+ cheat sheet

A long awaited Prototype cheat sheet – a full reference to a bleeding edge 1.6.0.2 is finally here. I had no experience creating something like this before, so any bugs or suggestions are very much appreciated. Couple of notes about notations:

Modules are sorted in a somewhat logical order – those commonly used are mostly in the left/center area, while deprecated/utility methods are all the way to the right
Method can be recognized by parentheses following it (anything that doesn’t have ones is a property)
Deprecated items are marked red and have NO parentheses/arguments specified
Prototype extends quite few native objects’ prototypes with a set of convenient methods. In such cases there’s an explicit note about it next to a module name – i.g. stripScripts() method from “String (String.prototype)” can be called as 'foo'.stripScripts()
When a module is also a class, there’s a “(constructor)” note next to it – i.g. “Hash (constructor)” means that it should be called as new Hash()
There are few bonus items (such as those from Prototype.Browser) which are not yet included in documentation

Download (55534 downloads) and Enjoy!

Update:
I have managed to choose the most retarded format for the cheat sheet – almost squared – which was impossible to print or navigate. Sincere apologies. There is an updated version at the same address which also fixes few other annoyances:

Ajax.Responders is now a separate section
Added missing Event.fire
Added Prototype.BrowserFeatures.XPath
Added simple “Dimensions/Offsets” diagram
Minor rearrangements

Update 2:
Uploaded a Higher Contrast version (8344 downloads)
Seems to look much better when printed.

Categories: cheat sheet

Comments (137)

nickevin said on Jan 22, 2008 @ 18:08

#1
Thx to share!
Venu said on Jan 22, 2008 @ 19:38

#2
Keep up the good work.
seb said on Jan 23, 2008 @ 0:38

#4
Great, it should be available on htpp://prototypejs.org
Bertrand Gorge said on Jan 23, 2008 @ 1:54

#5
Would be nice to have it in A4 (european format). A cheat sheet that doesn’t fill the space somewhat defeats the purpose !

Thanks for the effort, though !
Rauan Maemirov said on Jan 23, 2008 @ 2:57

#6
Hi! Nice work. But what about Event.fire()?
barabba said on Jan 23, 2008 @ 7:26

#8
Thx !
But in A4 please !
louis w said on Jan 23, 2008 @ 10:06

#9
Great job.
My only request would be that it’s made in 8.5 x 11 so people in us can print it out.
kangax (article author) said on Jan 23, 2008 @ 11:18

#10
Fixed bunch of things (you could see them in “update” section of the post). Thanks for great tips, everyone!
su6z3r0 said on Jan 23, 2008 @ 12:18

#12
Awesome! Thank you so much!!!
Steve Prior said on Jan 24, 2008 @ 20:31

#14
When I print it (on 8.5×11 paper with an inkjet printer) most of the black on the page seems to be a dark gray so especially the smallest text is in pretty low contrast and the red text is pretty light. The diagram text in the lower right is much darker. I have pretty good eyesight, but it’s still pretty fine for me to read. Would it be possible to increase the contrast on all the text to make it pop a little bit more?
kangax (article author) said on Jan 24, 2008 @ 20:34

#15
Steve,

Good point!
I’ll try to make a high-contrast (black/white) version as soon as a I get a chance.

Best,
kangax
James MacFarlane said on Jan 28, 2008 @ 9:05

#16
I just printed it out 11 x 17 on a Xerod Docucolor. I would agree with Steve Prior. The print needs to be darker and the alternating background color needs to be darker as well.

This is a handy guide. Thanks for taking the time.
Robert said on Jan 28, 2008 @ 11:40

#17
Keep up the good work guys!
imnotquitejack said on Jan 29, 2008 @ 14:33

#24
Righteous cheatsheet, well done!

(just a heads up – your html is slightly busted. You have extra tags in your li’s.)
Rick DeNatale said on Jan 29, 2008 @ 16:15

#26
Another vote for a more readable version, especially for folk like me with older eyes.

I’d love to have a version which is actually two US letter side pages in portrait format, which would be 2X in size.
Sangesh said on Jan 30, 2008 @ 7:28

#29
great,

thankx for this
gabel said on Feb 5, 2008 @ 15:43

#37
i’ve seperated it to a 2 page version that can be printed on a single A4 page or duplex for people that did not got eagle eyes ;)

A4 2 page version: http://gabel-art.de/prototype_cheatsheet_1.6.0.2_bw-duplex.pdf

hope that’s ok for kangax, if not just leave me a message and i’ll remove it
kangax (article author) said on Feb 5, 2008 @ 15:49

#38
@gabel,
That’s great! Of course I don’t mind and thanks for the effort.
FLX said on Feb 11, 2008 @ 4:59

#39
Thanks =D
Bufo said on Feb 16, 2008 @ 6:54

#40
Just a tiny correction: Enumerable::each() is lacking the optional context parameter. Thanks alot for the sheet!
chazzuka said on May 5, 2008 @ 0:02

#45
thank you for this :) handy cheatseet help alot while coding without internet connection
Avishai said on May 23, 2008 @ 7:41

#46
Very cool, this is definitely a useful sheet to have!
Alexey Bass said on Jul 9, 2008 @ 13:11

#50
Thanks a lot!
Vlad (Small Business Blog) said on Sep 2, 2008 @ 13:55

#52
Thanks for an updated cheat-sheet version, still have problems looking at it, but feels a bit easier on the eyes.
Frédéric Klee said on Nov 5, 2008 @ 1:30

#53
Good idea but in A4 please !
Angela Hayden said on Aug 27, 2009 @ 9:31

#125
Thank you very much for this wonderful resource.
bali gendul said on Dec 30, 2010 @ 21:21

#135
very nice info.. i like your site!!!
Mank said on Feb 13, 2011 @ 8:34

#136
ok,, thanks..