Dojo: The Definitive Guide

Summary

After reading this chapter, you should:

• Understand Base's general feature set

• Be able to configure djConfig to register module paths and be aware of the various other options you can pass into this structure to configure the bootstrap process

• Understand how to use dojo.addOnLoad and dojo.addOnUnload functions and be aware of how dojo.addOnLoad can protect you from creating race conditions in your code

• Be able to construct and namespace your own modules with dojo.provide and dojo.require

• Understand how (and when) to use the map, filter, and forEach functions

• Know the difference between and be able to effectively use mixin and extend

• Effectively use Dojo's utilities for manipulating style with hasClass, removeClass, addClass, and toggleClass

• Understand the basics of the CSS box model and be able to use functions like coords and marginBox to manipulate the placement of DOM nodes

• Be aware of Base's Array processing utilities

• Be able to wire up arbitrary connections of Object and DOM events

• Be able to manage cookies

• Be able to use Core's facilities for managing the back button for a single page app

Next, we'll take a look at event listeners and pub/sub communication.