Learn how added an retrieve JavaScript libraries and CSS from PVLibraries in Prodigyview..

1. JavaScript Libraries
JavaScript Makes Things Sexy

2. Overview
Objective
Learn the basics of adding JavaScript and CSS in
ProdigyView.
Requirements
 Understanding of the DEFINES
Estimated Time
10 Minutes

3. Follow Along With Code
Example
1. Download a copy of the example code at
www.prodigyview.com/source.
2. Install the system in an environment you feel comfortable testing
in.
3. Proceed to examples/system/Libraries_Javascript.php

4. Separation of Libraries
ProdigyView natively support 5 different file types that can be added
to PVLibraries. 1 of them is CSS, and the others are variations of
JavaScript and JavaScript Frameworks.
Prototype
JQuery CSS
Javascript PVLibraries Mootools

5. Queuing Libraries
Add JavaScript files
Add JQuery Files
Add Prototype Files
Add Mootools Files
Add CSS Files

6. Queued Scripts
Queuing a script does not actually add the script into the
code, but creates a reference to that script.
It is up to the developer to tell where that script exist. An
easy way of placing the scripts is using the defines
discussed in an earlier tutorial.

7. Adding Open Script
Unlike the other files that pertain to a certain type, open
script is any type of content(JavaScript, meta
tags, properties, etc). How you add your content to open
script is exactly how it will be outputted later.
1. Explicitly write the full script
2. Add the script to the open script queue

8. Javascript Libraries
The first library we are going to pull is the regular
JavaScript files added. Technically any kind of JavaScript
file can be queued and pulled, but any files queued to the
JavaScript queue should be stored in the same location
as the PV_JAVASCRIPT define.
1. Pull the queue and return an array
2. Use the PV_JAVASCRIPT to set the location of your script

9. JQuery Libraries
Similar to how we retrieved the JavaScript libraries, we
can also get the queued JQuery files. The JQuery
define, PV_JQUERY, should be used in this instance as
the location where the file exist.

10. Prototype Libraries
Our next files to retrieve are the libraries specific to
prototype. Prototype libraries used the PV_PROTOTYPE
define for the location where the script exist.

11. Mootools Libraries
Our last natively supported JavaScript library files is
mootools. The mootools files should correspond with the
PV_MOOTOOLS define.

12. CSS Files
The css files that were originally added to PVLibraries can
be retrieved at anytime as well. The PV_CSS defines sets
their location.

13. Retrieving Open Script
Open scripting, being that it is any information that you want to
pass the header, does not have a set location nor needs to be
iterated through. It simply comes back as a string of text that
needs to be printed out.

14. Output
If you ran the example as a script, your output should look
like below.

15. Heads Up!
The real importance of learning how to queue libraries is
because these libraries are tightly integrated with the
template manager in ProdigyView.
In the tutorials on the templating system, you will learn
how to pull these libraries directly into your html and have
them be formatted.

16. API Reference
For a better understanding of the libraries, visit the api by
clicking on the link below.
PVLibraries
More Tutorials
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http://www.prodigyview.com/tutorials
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