Getting StartED with Dojo

Dojo has been described as the JavaScript toolkit for programmers that's easy enough for designers to pick up. This book will introduce the foundational concepts of using Dojo to increase efficiency when developing modern websites that utilize Document Object Model (DOM) manipulation, Ajax, animations, effects, and widgets.

• Dojo basics
• Animations and effects
• Widgets with Dijit

List of contents

JavaScript Fundamentals.- How does JavaScript fit in with HTML?.- How do you write variables and strings?.- How do you perform arithmetic?.- How do you write a function and pass variables?.- What's an array and why is it so important?.- What methods can you use to create arrays?.- How do you loop through an arrays elements?.- Digging a little deeper.- Manipulating the DOM.- How do you get a reference to a node(s) on the DOM?.- How do you change the style of a DOM element?.- How do you change the HTML content of an element?.- Events.- What is a JavaScript event?.- How do you attach an event listener?

About the author

Kyle Hayes is a programmer and Web UI designer/developer for The Walt Disney Company, Disney Interactive Media Group.

Summary

Dojo has been described as the JavaScript toolkit for programmers that’s easy enough for designers to pick up. This book will introduce the foundational concepts of using Dojo to increase efficiency when developing modern websites that utilize Document Object Model (DOM) manipulation, Ajax, animations, effects, and widgets.

• Dojo basics
• Animations and effects
• Widgets with Dijit

Product details

• Authors: Dennis Hayes, Kyl Hayes, Kyle Hayes, Kyle D. Hayes, Pete Higgins, Peter Higgins
• Publisher: Friends of ED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.04.2010
• EAN: 9781430225218
• ISBN: 978-1-4302-2521-8
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 18 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 651 g
• Illustrations: 250 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; B, Software Engineering, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Web Development, Computer programming, Operating systems, Professional and Applied Computing