Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005 EAN: 9780596516482 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0596516487 Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 500 Publication Date: June 24, 2008 Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Sales Rank: 44209 Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Product DescriptionOf 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: A concise introduction to Dojo that covers everything through the version 1.1 release 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 ofout-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.
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Rating: - A must Have for Dojo Developers
This book is an outstanding resource for anyone who plans to work with the Dojo Toolkit. Dojo is my personal favorite toolkit for JavaScript development. This book really helps to explain not only the "how to" of Dojo but also the "how come". It is a great reference for Dojo's core functionality, for Dojo's Dijit widgeting system and for the Dojo build system and test harness. It gives great practical advice on how to exploit the power of dojo.query, and provides great coverage of Dojo's data ... Read More
Rating: - Not bad but author has no clue
This is not a bad book on a great toolkit but clearly the author is clueless on how to write a book. For instance, who is it for? If it is for Dojo beginners it would help if the author had a sample page to type in and check if you have everything installed right - nothing fancy just dojoOnLoad , some requires, a console log and so on. If you talk about require, an explanation may be in order how dojo locates the js file. Instead he talks about how to write a custom module and buries the detail in ... Read More
Rating: - A good refrence book but not a tutorial
This a is good refrence book. But if you are buying it to learn dojo then it is not a really good book to buy. There also are a lot of errors in this book as well. But other Dojo books I have read seem to suffer from this problem.
If you are looking for a tutorial then look elsewhere. This book seems like it was rewrite of the Free dojo documentation. Other books out there on dojo are better and your better off getting them.
Rating: - NOT for non-programmers
This book is incredibly frustrating. The introduction promises the book will address anyone "who is able to construct a very simple web page and apply a dab of JavaScript and CSS..." What a joke. I'm a web designer who prototypes in HTML, CSS, and slightly complex Javascript. But this book continually mystifies me. Instead of giving clear, plain-English, step-by-step explanations, it jumps headlong into complex code samples and advanced programming terms, leaving me completely in the dust.
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Rating: - Definitely THE definitive guide on Dojo!
Dojo has been a staple in the all-inclusive JavaScript toolkit world for a while now, providing a buffet of useful (and not so useful) features that any web developer should at least consider before tackling a Web 2.0/Ajax-based project. Dojo is actually very easy to use and can dramatically increase developer's productivity - after the steep learning curve that is.
I have been using Dojo (and many other toolkits) for quite some time, however, I fell off the wagon during the Dojo v0.4x days ... Read More
- A must Have for Dojo Developers
- Not bad but author has no clue
- A good refrence book but not a tutorial
- NOT for non-programmers
