Dojo

by Russell, Matthew A.

• ISBN13: 9780596516482
• ISBN10: 0596516487
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-06-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

Of all the Ajax-specific frameworks that have popped up in recent years, one clearly stands out as the industrial strength solution. Dojo is not just another JavaScript toolkit --it's the JavaScript toolkit -- and Dojo: The Definitive Guide demonstrates how to tame Dojo's extensive library of utilities so that you can build rich and responsive web applications like never before. Dojo provides an end-to-end solution for development in the browser, including everything from the core JavaScript library and turnkey widgets to build tools and a testing framework. Its vibrant open source community keeps adding to Dojo's arsenal, and this book provides an ideal companion to Dojo's official documentation.

Author Biography

Matthew A. Russell is a computer scientist who currently lives in Franklin, TN. Hacking and writing are two activities essential to his renaissance man regimen.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Base and Core
Toolkit Overview	p. 3
Overview of Dojo's Architecture	p. 3
Prepping for Development	p. 7
Terminology	p. 12
Bootstrapping	p. 15
Exploring Dojo with Firebug	p. 21
Summary	p. 31
Language and Browser Utilities	p. 32
Looking Up DOM Nodes	p. 32
Type Checking	p. 33
String Utilities	p. 34
Array Processing	p. 35
Managing Source Code with Modules	p. 40
JavaScript Object Utilities	p. 48
Manipulating Object Context	p. 52
DOM Utilities	p. 55
Browser Utilities	p. 62
Summary	p. 66
Event Listeners and Pub/Sub Communication	p. 67
Event and Keyboard Normalization	p. 67
Event Listeners	p. 70
Publish/Subscribe Communication	p. 76
Summary	p. 79
AJAX and Server Communication	p. 80
Quick Overview of AJAX	p. 80
AJAX Made Easy	p. 82
Deferreds	p. 89
Form and HTTP Utilities	p. 98
Cross-Site Scripting with JSONP	p. 99
Core IO	p. 101
JSON Remote Procedure Calls	p. 110
OpenAjax Hub	p. 112
Summary	p. 113
Node Manipulation	p. 114
Query: One Size Fits All	p. 115
NodeList	p. 121
Creating NodeList Extensions	p. 130
Behavior	p. 131
Summary	p. 135
Internationalization (i18n)	p. 136
Introduction	p. 136
Internationalizing a Module	p. 137
Dates, Numbers, and Currency	p. 140
Summary	p. 143
Drag-and-Drop	p. 144
Dragging	p. 144
Dropping	p. 155
Summary	p. 164
Animation and Special Effects	p. 165
Animation	p. 165
Core fx	p. 176
Animation + Drag-and-Drop = Fun!	p. 185
Colors	p. 186
Summary	p. 194
Data Abstraction	p. 196
Shifting the Data Paradigm	p. 196
Data API Overview	p. 197
The APIs	p. 198
Core Implementations of Data APIs	p. 204
Summary	p. 221
Simulated Classes and Inheritance	p. 222
JavaScript Is Not Java	p. 222
One Problem, Many Solutions	p. 223
Simulating Classes with Dojo	p. 227
Multiply Inheriting with Mixins	p. 237
Summary	p. 241
Dijit and Util
Dijit Overview	p. 245
Motivation for Dijit	p. 245
Accessibility (a11y)	p. 248
Dijit for Designers	p. 251
The Parser	p. 257
Hands-on Dijit with NumberSpinner	p. 261
Overview of Stock Dijits	p. 266
Dijit API Drive-By	p. 270
Summary	p. 271
Dijit Anatomy and Lifecycle	p. 272
Dijit Anatomy	p. 272
Dijit Lifecycle Methods	p. 275
Your First Dijit: HelloWorld	p. 282
Parent-Child Relationships with_Container and_Contained	p. 293
Rapidly Prototyping Widgets in Markup	p. 293
Summary	p. 295
Form Widgets	p. 297
Drive-By Form Review	p. 297
Form Dijits	p. 300
TextBox Variations	p. 304
FilteringSelect	p. 323
MultiSelect	p. 324
Textarea Variations	p. 325
Button Variations	p. 325
Slider	p. 333
Form	p. 338
Summary	p. 339
Layout Widgets	p. 340
Layout Dijit Commonalities	p. 340
ContentPane	p. 342
BorderContainer	p. 346
StackContainer	p. 351
TabContainer	p. 353
AccordionContainer	p. 355
Rendering and Visibility Considerations	p. 357
Summary	p. 358
Application Widgets	p. 359
Tooltip	p. 359
Dialog Widgets	p. 360
ProgressBar	p. 364
ColorPalette	p. 366
Toolbar	p. 367
Menu	p. 369
TitlePane	p. 374
InlineEditBox	p. 375
Tree	p. 377
Editor	p. 388
Summary	p. 395
Build Tools, Testing, and Production Considerations	p. 396
Building	p. 396
Dojo Objective Harness (DOH)	p. 407
Browser-Based Test Harness	p. 411
Performance Considerations	p. 413
Summary	p. 415
A Firebug Primer	p. 417
A Brief Survey of DojoX	p. 428
Index	p. 431
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