Event Delegation for MooTools
I just posted a long post about a bunch of new plugins I released today. Lots of good stuff in there - pointy tips, a form validator extension, a tips extension, but I want to take a minute to talk about Event.Delegate.js.
Event delegation is a common practice where by you attach an event listener to a parent object to monitor its children rather than attach events to all the children.
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