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Practical Dojo Projects View Larger Image | Frank W. Zammetti
Apress, Paperback, Published September 2008, 480 pages, ISBN 1430210664 | List Price: $46.99
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The era of professional JavaScript development has arrived! Gone are the days
when writing all the client–side code for your applications by hand yourself
was the norm. Gone are the days when scrounging around the Internet to find
a snippet of code to do something you need could lead to either decent code
or utter garbage that you’d surely regret using later.
No, writing high–quality JavaScript these days is a whole lot easier with
the advent of top–notch libraries that save you time and effort, and one
that stands out from most others is Dojo.
Dojo is a library like few others: written by some of the best JavaScript coders
around today, providing nearly everything you’ll need to write modern Rich
Internet Applications, all in one place. From Ajax to widgets, to client–side
persistence and language extensions, and many points in between, Dojo has it
all.
In Practical Dojo Projects, you’ll learn all about what Dojo has to offer.
You’ll see it in action in the form of five fully functional applications,
which include
• A contact manager for storing info for all the important people in your
life
• A code cabinet: a place to store, index, and get code snippets from
• A stock tracker to keep track of your stock portfolio
• A message forum for open discussions on topics you define
• Even a fun little game!
By the time you’ve finished reading, you’ll have a firm grasp on
what Dojo is all about, and you’ll have the preparation you need to begin
to use it yourself in your own projects. See you inside!
What you’ll learn
• Uncover the fundamentals of Dojo, its core, Dojo Widgets, and DojoX.
• Build sophisticated JavaScript/Ajax–based applications starting with
a Dojo contact manager.
• Create a code cabinet, a place to store snippets of code for later reuse using
Dojo and Dojo Offline (based on Google Gears).
• See how to build an interactive and fun came application using Dojo.
• Build a stock watcher application, which allows you to enter ticker symbols
and will show you real–time updates using some available web service; show
net gain/loss over various time periods (hourly/daily/weekly/monthly/yearly)
with various charts and graphs.
• Take Dojo into social networking by building a messaging forums application.
Who is this book for
Web application developers, senior projects leads, and application architects
About the Apress Practical Series
The Practical series from Apress is your best choice for getting the job done,
period. From professional to expert, this series lets you apply project–motivated
templates (or frameworks) step by step in a very direct, practical, and efficient
manner toward current real–world projects that may be sitting on your desk.
So whatever your career goal, Apress can be your trusted guide to take you where
you want to go on your IT career empowerment path.
About the Author
Frank W. Zammetti is a web architect specialist for a leading worldwide financial
company by day, and a PocketPC and open-source developer by night. He is the
founder and chief software architect of Omnytex Technologies, a PocketPC development
house.
He has over 12 years of “professional” experience in the IT field,
and over 12 more of “amateur” experience. He began his nearly life-long
love of computers at age 7 when he became one of four students chosen to take
part in the school district’s pilot computer program. A year later, he
was the only participant left! The first computer Frank owned was a Timex Sinclair
1000 in 1982, on which he wrote a program to look up movie times for all of
Long Island (and without the 16k expansion module!). After that, he moved on
to a Commodore 64 and spent about 4 years doing nothing but assembly programming
(games mostly). He finally got his first IBM-compatible PC in 1987, and began
learning the finer points of programming (as they existed at that time!).
Frank has primarily developed web-based applications for about 8 years. Before
that, he developed Windows-based client/server applications in a variety of
languages. Frank holds numerous certifications including SCJP, MCSD, CNA, i-Net+,
A+, CIW, MCP, and numerous BrainBench certifications. He is a contributor to
a number of open source projects, including DataVision, Struts, PocketFrog,
and Jakarta Commons. In addition, Frank has started two projects: Java Web Parts
and The Struts Web Services Enablement Project. He also was one of the founding
members of a project that created the first fully functioning Commodore 64 emulator
for PocketPC devices (PocketHobbit).
Frank has authored various articles on topics that range from integrating DataVision
into web apps, to using Ajax in Struts-based applications. He is currently working
on a new application framework specifically geared to creating next-generation
web applications.
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