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| Dojo: The Definitive Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: Matthew A. Russell
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Pages: 500
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0596516487
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
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Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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 Definitely THE definitive guide on Dojo! July 31, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Dojo has been a staple in the all-inclusive JavaScript toolkit world for a while now, providing a buffet of useful (and not so useful) features that any web developer should at least consider before tackling a Web 2.0/Ajax-based project. Dojo is actually very easy to use and can dramatically increase developer's productivity - after the steep learning curve that is.
I have been using Dojo (and many other toolkits) for quite some time, however, I fell off the wagon during the Dojo v0.4x days due to a lack of documentation and wandering completely off the path of web development. Recently, I have found the need to venture back into that realm and needed to brush up on my Dojo skills. I immediately went to dojotoolkit.org to read up on any new features and improvements, and found that the documentation was still not quite right -- and with the increased feature set available today I felt like I was back at v0.4x again and the struggle was exponential. Reflecting on how much time I wasted poking around the source only to find that the documentation didn't match the current version's code was a nightmare - *shudders* - I didn't want to do that again.
Lucky for me (and the rest of us) Matthew Russell has done a great deal of the legwork in explaining the ins and outs of Dojo's latest and greatest while dramatically reducing the learning curve. I can't say enough how important the order of learning things is when tackling a new toolkit, API, or language. Start small, learn the building blocks, and eventually you'll have something extremely useful in front of you that makes sense - something the Dojo docs could definitely use (not all of us want to read the API before starting) Russell's book accomplishes this very well by explaining the roots of Dojo upfront so when you reach more complex ground (like creating custom Dijits) you'll be well prepared.
This book points out early that it is not meant to be a primer for web development -- so don't expect any hands-on guides for HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. However, it actually does do a very good job of not overcomplicating such things. If you know what the building blocks of web development are, you're interested in all that is the Dojo goodness, and you're not afraid to get your feet wet then I urge you to take a look at this book. You won't be disappointed.
 Not bad but author has no clue September 10, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is not a bad book on a great toolkit but clearly the author is clueless on how to write a book. For instance, who is it for? If it is for Dojo beginners it would help if the author had a sample page to type in and check if you have everything installed right - nothing fancy just dojoOnLoad , some requires, a console log and so on. If you talk about require, an explanation may be in order how dojo locates the js file. Instead he talks about how to write a custom module and buries the detail in a side bar. He is raring to go and in each chapter he covers the most obscure feature when he would be better off spending more time on the basics. This book needs a good editor to help the author
A must Have for Dojo Developers September 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is an outstanding resource for anyone who plans to work with the Dojo Toolkit. Dojo is my personal favorite toolkit for JavaScript development. This book really helps to explain not only the "how to" of Dojo but also the "how come". It is a great reference for Dojo's core functionality, for Dojo's Dijit widgeting system and for the Dojo build system and test harness. It gives great practical advice on how to exploit the power of dojo.query, and provides great coverage of Dojo's data stores for data source abstraction. It has excellent coverage of dojo.fx for animations, it provides an invaluable desktop reference for Dijit. There is also a excellent coverage Dojo's Data Transport apis like XmlHttpRequest, dojo.io.script(Dynamic Script Tag injection for JSONP or JSON with a check string mechanism), as well as the use of iframes for data transport.
If you are working with Dojo this book will make your life a whole lot easier.
One thing you should know before buying this book. It does not have in depth coverage of anything in the Dojox package, so you will not find anything in this book on the Data Grid!
Take a few days and give it a read, then keep it on your desk for reference. You can't go wrong.
The Definitive Guide July 28, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is really the definitive guide when it comes to Dojo. This book comes recommended by Alex Russel who is one of the creators of Dojo. Need i say more?
An excellent introduction which covers all 1.x versions and offers plenty of examples and tested code sets October 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Any computer library strong in web development will find DOJO: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE an excellent introduction which covers all 1.x versions and offers plenty of examples and tested code sets. From customizing Dojo to overseeing developers using Dojo in larger settings, this offers the programmer/manager a set of keys to working efficiently with Dojo to produce superior layouts and web applications.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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