Professional DNN7: Open Source .NET CMS Platform
by Shaun Walker, Bruce Chapman, Cathal Connolly, Peter Donker, Israel Martinez, Charles Nurse, Chris Paterra, Clinton Bland, Ashish Prasad, Nathan Rover, Mitchel Sellers, Dennis Shiao, Will Strohl, Erik van Ballegoij, Scott Willhite, Ralph Williams Jr.

Developing Modules: User Interfaces
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER
- Understanding module/page interactions
- Supporting AJAX in modules
- Using jQuery and jQueryUI
- Referencing and managing custom JavaScript
- Using DNN jQuery plugins
- Implementing consistent design
WROX.COM CODE DOWNLOADS FOR THIS CHAPTER
The wrox.com code downloads for this chapter are found at www.wiley.com/go/prodnn7 on the Download Code tab. The code is in the Chapter 14 download and individually named according to the names throughout the chapter.
Chapter 13 introduced a plethora of information and is designed to be a high-level introduction to the ins and outs of developing modules using the DNN Platform. This chapter starts a deep dive into the specifics and nuances of working with the DNN environment as it relates to the user interface portion of your module. We will revisit a few topics from prior chapters to add a deeper level of information and context to each of these elements.
UNDERSTANDING DNN AND MODULE INTERACTIONS
Before diving into any of the specific development patterns or even the specific UI controls and other elements, it is important to understand how a DNN module is used. This is important as, unlike development when you have full control over the page, the site administrator has that level of control in DNN.
In the prior chapter, we introduced the concept of Tabs, Modules, and TabModules ...
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