Explore powerful JavaScript techniques and patterns in this JSConf 2009 talk by Peter Higgins on Dojo. Discover how to create high-performance, maintainable, and scalable JavaScript applications using the Dojo Toolkit. Learn about the dojo.data and RPC APIs, package and module loading, forward thinking approaches, and various Dojo features including events, Ajax, FX, DOM manipulation, and CSS selectors. Gain insights into advanced concepts like ambiguous constructors, functional JavaScript, and dojo.Deferred. Understand the versatility of Dojo for projects of all sizes, from small use cases to fully featured rich applications.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
What is Dojo? A JavaScript Toolk
All-in-One
Package / Module Loading
#ifdef in JavaScript?
TaskSpeed
Plain JavaScript
Forward Thinking
DojoType (the project)
Events, Ajax, FX, DOM
CSS Selectors
Magic Arguments
DOM Arguments
Ambiguous Constructors (poj)
Ambiguous Constructors (declare)
DRY: Functional JS
Dual Service Functions
$ vs Plug
dojo.Deferred
Indirect Usage
dojo.data
Store Example?
dojox.data Stores
The Dojo Toolkit
Taught by
JSConf
