Dojo
Firebug tricks, Dojo style
Tom Trenka has a nice posting on Dojo and Firebug Tricks for Development where he shares two of his own:
Trick #1: using window.location.search to enable Firebug Lite on the fly
With the Dojo Toolkit, ....... read more
11 days ago
New in Dojo: JSON Schema, Builds, Drag Handles, DOM Attributes, Grid features
I remember a time where it was hard to get content out of the Dojo crew :) Times have changed, the community is a lot bigger, and now we get to see a ton of content. Sometimes the irony behind this is ....... read more
19 days ago
Debunking Dojo Myths
With the rich JavaScript library ecosystem, it can be extremely difficult to make informed decisions when choosing which libraries to use for your own projects. Because no one has time to analyze each ....... read more
23 days ago
Reinhardt: Client-side URL Dispatching from SitePen
Kevin Dangoor from SitePen recently announced the release of a small pet project: Reinhardt. From the blog:
A typical server-side web framework today includes three main components: a URL dispatchi ....... read more
Wed,
22 Oct 2008
Dojo 1.2: Squeezing it into 5.5kb
James Burke gave a great presentation in Boston on the Dojo build system, and how he is able to get the core down to 5.5k.
With Dojo 1.2, the build system can generate a 5.5KB gzipped (13KB ungzipp ....... read more
Tue,
14 Oct 2008
Sensei: A beautiful Dojo application
I have seen some of the great applications that SitePen produces, but unfortunately too many of them are for companies behind the firewalls.
It is great to see Sensei a really compelling Dojo applica ....... read more
Tue,
14 Oct 2008
OSGI and JavaScript; Frameworks and building blocks for Ajax apps
Bill Higgins of IBM Rational has written up some thoughts on componentization and packaging for Ajax applications based on work that his team did on the Rational Jazz platform.
Some of what he built w ....... read more
Thu,
16 Oct 2008
Reinhardt: a Client-side Dispatch Framework
Kevin Dangoor of SitePen has introduced Reinhardt a dispatch engine on the client side:
A typical server-side web framework today includes three main components: a URL dispatching to some controlle ....... read more
Fri,
10 Oct 2008
Chofter: search mashup using all things Dojo
Shane OSullivan has built a nice search mashup experience called Chofter. It uses all things Dojo, including:
Layouts, Dialogs, Menus and ContentPanes for the user interface.
Dojo.data and Dojo.r ....... read more
Thu,
09 Oct 2008
Dojo 1.2 Final Release
Pete Higgins released Dojo 1.2 the first version under his command. There are a ton of subtle improvements such as:
New Datastores
Dojox.data.JsonRestStore
Dojox.data.CouchDBRestStore
Dojox.data.Go ....... read more
Tue,
07 Oct 2008
Dojo Fishtank
Blaine Ehrhart wrote a fun little fish tank using Dojo, as another example of doing animation using JavaScript, which includes the following to give you a taste:
PLAIN TEXT
JAVASCRIPT:
fu ....... read more
Tue,
30 Sep 2008
OfflineRest: One pattern for offline architecture
Kris Zyp has created OfflineRest, a new module in Dojo 1.2 that allows for a simple offline pattern to building your application.
Dojo 1.2?s new Dojox.rpc.OfflineRest module automates the local st ....... read more
Wed,
24 Sep 2008
Dojo Toolkit 1.2 RC1 is Out!
The Dojo team has put out the much anticipated release candidate for the Dojo Toolkit 1.2. Lots of work has gone into this with new updates and features galore added to this release:
1000+ changes, ....... read more
Fri,
19 Sep 2008
Dojo: The Definitive Guide; Degradable Reflection Widget
Matthew Russell is blogging and screencasting work from Dojo: The Definitive Guide and has put together a piece on a simple, degradable reflection widget using Dojo.gfx:
Reflection has been in vog ....... read more
Fri,
19 Sep 2008
Want to Use AIR? Read About the Dojo Toolbox Development Effort First
If youve ever been curious as to what goes into building a Adobe AIR application, then read Kevin Dangoors account of how the Dojo Toolbox was built:
Building the Dojo Toolbox allowed us to dive int ....... read more
Tue,
09 Sep 2008
Custom fonts thanks to rendering SVG font definitions
Tom Trenka has a fantastic post on custom fonts with Dojo.gfx that shows the SVG font definition implementation.
Part one of the article deals with painful, practical issues around the licensing of f ....... read more
Tue,
09 Sep 2008
Dojo Multifile Uploader with Flash
SitePen continues their work on Deft with a multi-file uploader:
The Dojo Toolkit now has support for multi-file uploads, thanks to the new Deft project. The Dojox.form.FileUploader class embeds a ....... read more
Thu,
04 Sep 2008
The Ajax Experience Framework Summit
We talked a few months ago about something new we're doing at the Ajax Experience this year: the "Framework Summit." Basically, we're providing space for Prototype, jQuery, and Dojo to hold their own ....... read more
Fri,
29 Aug 2008
WaveMaker 4: Point and Click Ajax
WaveMaker Studio 4.0 the Ajax based visual development platform for creating web applications has been released. Version 4.0 includes a new look and feel, usability improvements, and a host of new fea ....... read more
Wed,
20 Aug 2008
Nice new Dojo aggregate effects
Dojo has some nice new compound effects in the works. Some of the new effects include block fades, disintergrate, explode, shear, and pinwheel.
Each effect can be tweaked with config such as:
The ....... read more
Mon,
18 Aug 2008