Learning Dojo Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Dojo
• Dojo usage
• A sneak peek at Dojo
• Dynamic charting
• StackContainer wizard
• What Dojo is (and isn't)
• The Dojo foundation
• How to participate
• Feature overview
• Dojo compared to other Ajax frameworks
• Server-side compatibility
• Reference sites, API listings, forums, and mailing list
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Useful JavaScript and Dojo Tricks
• Array usage tips and gotchas
• Functions as arguments
• JavaScript's prototype-based OO
• Using closures
• OO in Dojo
• Anatomy of a Dojo page
• Basic Dojo functions
• Intermediate Dojo functions
• Logging, Firebug integration, and debugging
• Event handling in Dojo
• JSON
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Basic Dijit Knowledge
• The two ways to create Dijits
• How do I find my widget?
• What's in the fridge? A smorgasbord of tasty Dijits
• Dijit structure
• Lifecycle
• Templates
• Attach points
• Events
• Extension points
• Django Templating Language (DTL)
• Variable substitution
• Loops
• Conditionals
• Argument passing
• A recommended widget structure
• Themes
• I18N
• djConfig.locale
• Programmatic locale formatting
• Accessibility and graceful degradation
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Ajax Communication
• Dojo Ajax features
• The "Hello World" of Ajax
• Errors
• Posting data
• The content parameter
• Content-types
• Script request/JSONP (dojo.io.script)
• Remote procedure calls
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Forms
• The Form Dijit
• Generic properties for all Form Dijits
• Textfields and validation
• CheckBoxes, radio buttons, and toggle buttons
• Spinners, sliders, and FilteringSelects
• TimeTextBox
• Buttons
• Ajax integration
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Layout
• Basic Dojo layout facts
• ContentPane
• Container functions
• LayoutContainer
• SplitContainer
• StackContainer
• TabContainer
• AccordionContainer
• BorderContainer
• DragPane
• ExpandoPane
• FloatingPane
• GridContainer
• RadioGroup
• ResizeHandle
• RotatorContainer
• ScrollPane
• Compound example using layout
• The Toolbar
• The BorderContainer
• The AccordionContainer
• The ScrollPane
• One step forward—creating a widget
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Data, Trees, and Grids
• dojo.data and dojox.data
• Quick example
• Models
• Data sources, stores, and consumers
• dojo.data.Read
• dojo.data.Write
• dojo.data.Identity
• dojo.data.Notification
• Common functions for all APIs
• A simple tree example
• Forests and trees
• Tree events
• Tree styling
• Tree drag and drop
• Reading and writing with JsonRestStore
• Overview of the Grid Dijit
• A simple Grid
• Grid views
• Grid custom rendering
• Grid sorting
• Cell editing and styling
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Real-World Dojo
• Using AOL's and Google's CDN
• Dojo's build system and cross-domain loading
• Using unit testing with Dojo Objective Harness (DOH)
• Example 1: Site navigation scaffolding
• Example 2: Multi-charting application
• Example 3: CRUD application
• Summary

• Index