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				<dt><a href="http://www.amazon.com/MooTools-Beginners-Guide-Jacob-Gube/dp/1847194583?tag=clientside-20&link_code=as3">MooTools 1.2 Beginner's Guide</a> (a book)</dt>
				<dd>A beginner's guide to MooTools, this book authored by Garrick Cheung and Jacob Gube is a nice place to start.</dd>
				<dt><a href="http://ryanflorence.com/">Ryan Florence's Blog</a></dt>
				<dd>Ryan's Blog is dedicated entirely to MooTools oriented tutorials and is a great place to get started learning new techniques.</dd>
				<dt>Up the Moo Herd</dt>
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					<p style="margin-bottom: 4px">This series of tutorials is excellent, in some ways better than the mootorial especially for people who are moderate JavaScript users - not beginners but not experts. A must read.</p>
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						<li><a href="http://keetology.com/blog/2009/07/01-up-the-moo-herd-i-playing-fetch" title="Keetology &mdash; Up The Moo Herd I: Playing Fetch">Up The Moo Herd I: Playing Fetch</a></li>
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						<li><a href="http://keetology.com/blog/2009/07/23/up-the-moo-herd-iii-its-classy-not-classic" title="Keetology &mdash; Up the Moo Herd III: It's Classy, Not Classic">Up the Moo Herd III: It's Classy, Not Classic</a></li>
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				<dt><a href="http://walkthrough.ifupdown.com/walkthrough-1.2/start">mooWalkthrough</a></dt>
				<dd>A complete walk through of MooTools 1.2 (that you can download if you like). This walkthrough is a little more clearly aimed at teaching new-comers how to use the framework in a step-by-step introduction than the Mootorial is. A good companion if you're new to frameworks or MooTools.</dd>
				<dt><a href="http://blueprint.intereactive.net/using-custom-events-in-mootools/" title="Using Custom Events in Mootools -     The Blueprint - Intereactive Blog">Using Custom Events in Mootools</a></dt>
				<dd>A nice overview of using Events in classes.</dd>
				<dt><a href="http://www.nwhite.net/2008/10/06/mouse-ghost/">JavaScript Mouse Movement Recording Tutorial</a></dt>
				<dd>A short example of how to write a MooTools class to capture mouse movements.</dd>

				<dt><a href="http://www.daniel-skinner.co.uk/chaining-with-mootools-12-tutorial/31/01/2008">Chaining with MooTools 1.2</a></dt>
				<dd>An in-depth tutorial of how to use the <a href="http://www.mootorial.com/wiki/mootorial/02-class/01-class.extras">Chain</a> class.</dd>
				<dt><a href="http://mootools.net/blog/2008/02/12/whats-new-in-12-swiff/">MooTools 1.2: Swiff (MooTools Blog)</a></dt>
				<dd>An overview of the Swiff functionality in MooTools 1.2.<dd>
				<dt><a href="http://mootools.net/blog/2008/2/5/mootools-classes-how-to-use-them">MooTools Classes: How to use them (MooTools Blog)</a></dt>
				<dd>An entry-level introduction to using classes.<dd>
				<dt><a href="http://mootools.net/blog/2008/01/22/whats-new-in-12-element-storage/">Element Storage (MooTools Blog)</a></dt>
				<dd>This article describes the usage of this great new feature, as well as why it was developed, and how it can be used to keep your applications organized and efficient.<dd>
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			<h3>MooTools 1.11 Tutorials</h3>
			<p>These are still useful, though be aware that they include examples that are outdated.</p>
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				<dt><a href="http://www.chromasynthetic.com/blog/archive/114">How Well Do You Know MooTools?</a></dt>
				<dd>This is a nice collection of "right way" / "wrong way" comparisons. Unfortunately it hasn't been updated for MooTools 1.2 (Element.setProperty is now just Element.set, for example), but it's still informative. See also the <a href="http://www.chromasynthetic.com/blog/archive/115">second part</a>.(<b>MooTools 1.11</b>)<dd>
				<dt><a href="http://solutoire.com/2006/12/18/mootools-json-explained/">MooTools: JSON explained</a></dt>
				<dd>Bas Wenneker gives an overview of how to used JSON and Ajax (aka Request) to make your content more dynamic. (<b>MooTools 1.11</b>)<dd>
				<dt><a href="http://beautyindesign.com/tutorial/increasing_user_experience_with_javascript.php">Beauty in Design - Increasing User Experience With JavaScript</a></dt>
				<dd>A nine part series covering animation, ajax, classes, and more. This is a little old now and was created for <b>MooTools 1.11</b> so some of it is no longer applicable.</dd>

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