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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 founder Alex Russell gives a foreword that explains the "why" of Dojo and of this book.
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.
Dojo: the Definitive Guide gives you the most thorough overview of this toolkit available, showing you everything from how to create complex layouts and form controls closely resembling those found in the most advanced desktop applications with stock widgets, to advanced JavaScript idioms to AJAX and advanced communication transports. With this definitive reference you get: Get a concise introduction to Dojo that's good for all 1.x versions Well-explained examples, with scores of tested code samples, that let you see Dojo in action A comprehensive reference to Dojo's standard JavaScript library (including fundamental utilities in Base, Dojo's tiny but powerful kernel) that you'll wonder how you ever lived without An extensive look at additional Core features, such as animations, drag-and-drop, back-button handling, animations like wipe and slide, and more Exhaustive coverage of out-of-the-box Dijits (Dojo widgets) as well as definitive coverage on how to create your own, either from scratch or building on existing ones An itemized inventory of DojoX subprojects, the build tools, and the DOH, Dojo's unit-testing framework that you can use with Dojo - or anywhere else
If you're a DHTML-toting web developer, you need to read this book - whether you're a one-person operation or part of an organization employing scores of developers. Dojo packs the standard JavaScript library you've always wanted, and Dojo: The Definitive Guide helps you transform your ideas into working applications quickly by leveraging design concepts you already know.
List of contents
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
Base and Core
Chapter 1: Toolkit Overview
Chapter 2: Language and Browser Utilities
Chapter 3: Event Listeners and Pub/Sub Communication
Chapter 4: AJAX and Server Communication
Chapter 5: Node Manipulation
Chapter 6: Internationalization (i18n)
Chapter 7: Drag-and-Drop
Chapter 8: Animation and Special Effects
Chapter 9: Data Abstraction
Chapter 10: Simulated Classes and Inheritance
Dijit and Util
Chapter 11: Dijit Overview
Chapter 12: Dijit Anatomy and Lifecycle
Chapter 13: Form Widgets
Chapter 14: Layout Widgets
Chapter 15: Application Widgets
Chapter 16: Build Tools, Testing, and Production Considerations
A Firebug Primer
A Brief Survey of DojoX
Colophon
About the author
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.
Summary
Widgets have become a popular expression of Ajax, enabling developers to build small real-time data applications that web masters and users can import into a web page - applications that offer stock quotes, weather, surveys, and dictionaries. This work shows how to create ultra-portable widgets that you can share or roll out on a web server.
