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Book Description
This comprehensive guide to Dojo includes a hard-hitting reference to help you build rich and responsive web applications with complex layouts and form controls closely resembling those found in the most advanced desktop applications. If you’re a DHTML-toting web developer, you need to read this book.
Table of Contents
- Toolkit Overview
- Language and Browser Utilities
- Event Listeners and Pub/Sub Communication
- AJAX and Server Communication
- Node Manipulation
- Internationalization (i18n)
- Drag-and-Drop
- Animation and Special Effects
- Data Abstraction
- Simulated Classes and Inheritance
- Dijit Overview
- Dijit Anatomy and Lifecycle
- Form Widgets
- Layout Widgets
- Application Widgets
- Build Tools, Testing, and Production Considerations