Dojo 1.7 introduces a new JSON module available at dojo/json. This differs from the legacy dojo.fromJson and dojo.toJson in that it is based on the new native JSON API in the JavaScript language (introduced in EcmaScript 5). It also delegates to the native JSON parser and serializer when they are available, providing the fastest possible execution for any given browser.
If you’ve been reading about Dojo 1.7, the first thing you’re probably wondering is, what is this AMD thing that everyone is talking about? Check out Dylan’s post at the Dojo Toolkit blog to “Learn more about AMD!“.
In addition to the useful links Dylan provides, you can also learn more about AMD at a SitePen Dojo Workshop. AMD + Dojo 1.7= Awesomeness.
One of the most important parts of creating an effective and intuitive user interface on touch-enabled smartphones has nothing to do with visual appearance—instead, it has to do with creating an interface that properly responds to user input based on touch. For Web applications, this means replacing mouse events with touch events. In Dojo 1.7, new touch APIs help make this process easy.
This is an updated version of the post Touching and Gesturing on the iPhone, published in 2008.
dojo/dnd is one of Dojo’s core APIs and is designed to manage the process of dragging and dropping items between two or more containers. It offers advanced features like multiple selections, item acceptance filtering on drop targets, and other behavioral tweaks. Let’s learn how to use it!
This is an updated version of the original article, Dojo Drag and Drop, Part 1, published in 2008.
SitePen is so dedicated to providing you with the highest quality Dojo Toolkit education in the industry that we will be in 11 states, providing 22 Dojo Workshops throughout 2012. Whether you want to learn the basics of Dojo or sharpen your Dojo skills, we have a workshop just for you. We guarantee that all of our Dojo Workshops will be taught by our expert engineers. We promise you won’t be subjected to listening to some trainer who can’t live without his slides. Wondering if our Dojo Workshops will cover Dojo 1.7? The answer is yes.
Register in 2011. Attend in 2012. Where will you start your 2012 Year of Dojo celebration? Check out the full list of SitePen’s 2012 Dojo workshops.
Dojo Toolkit has some vocal fans. Here’s a random sample of what we’ve found recently on Twitter:
Have I been living under a rock? How come I’ve never come across Dojo toolkit? I am going to have to learn the ins and outs… @ deshiknaves
Working on my #Dojo 1.7 presentation, it’s so tough to pick the best new bits in 1.7, there’s so much amazing stuff! @ thomasj
i’ve been working with design part of this system and found out that #dojo is better than #JQuery in terms of performance.. #toolkit @ hayadeen
Psst! What’s that you say? You want to learn Dojo in January? No problem! Join us in Las Vegas, NV or Raleigh, NC. (Did we mention all of our 2012 workshops will cover Dojo 1.7?)
jUMP into Dojo - Las Vegas, NV - January 9, 2012
jUMP into Dojo is the best starting point for any developer wanting to learn about Dojo, Ajax and Rich Internet Application development. This workshop gives a rapid introduction to the capabilities of Dojo as well as the experience in applying them to solve real-world problems. And did we mention this one is in Las Vegas? Enuff said.
Dojo Master – Raleigh, NC - January 18-19, 2012
Dojo Master is our black diamond workshop, taking the advanced scripter through the expert techniques needed when tackling the unique problems web applications can bring. This workshop is best for the intermediate-advanced developer who has used Dojo in several projects and who wants to get the most out of Dojo and JavaScript to make reliable and scalable applications.
What are you waiting for? Register today! Use promo code IHEARTDOJO and get 10% off!
SitePen’s Dylan Schiemann delivered the last of his three Rich Web Experience 2011 presentations yesterday, Never Bet Against the Open Web.
Dylan had this to say about his time at #RWX2011:
The level of interest in AMD, object stores, and mobile is impressive. And the excitement around the potential of xstyle and put-selector was also very cool to see. The community is seemingly rabid for new tools and features that make development easier, and it’s incredible to be part of that.
And if you haven’t seen this already- Dojo 1.7 Released!
We have made all of Dylan’s Rich Web Experience 2011 (and many other) presentations available here. Don’t forget to follow SitePen on Twitter and Google+!
After an amazing Real Time, Real Fast keynote address on the opening night of Rich Web Experience 2011, Dylan delivered an authoritative presentation on Dojo 2.0: Modular, Mobile, and Reinventing Web App Development. He talked about the reinvention of the Dojo Toolkit, showed off the wide variety of features and approaches currently available in Dojo, and even gave a sneak peak of the forthcoming Dojo 2.0 release!
Hot off the presses! Dylan just penned this announcement on the release of Dojo 1.7!
Today Dylan will share his passion for the open web with all Rich Web Experience 2011 attendees through his Never Bet Against the Open Web presentation. He will showcase his expert knowledge of the open web through explanations of how the open web is quickly replacing, diminishing or lowering the barrier to entry for all native platform capabilities.
For those of you not attending Rich Web Experience 2011, or if you were so amazed that you want to see his presentations again, we will be making all of Dylan’s Rich Web Experience 2011 presentations available online shortly after the conference. To be one of the first to know when they are available, get social with SitePen. Follow us on SlideShare | Twitter | Google+.
SitePen’s Dylan Schiemann delivered a powerful keynote, Real Time, Real Fast, during the opening ceremony of Rich Web Experience 2011 last night in Fort Lauderdale, FL. His presentation covered the evolution of web app development through modern real time technologies, cost and benefits of different transports, provided a deep dive into WebSocket, and advocated for using a scalable architecture with constant time and space event distribution. In case you missed it, you can view his presentation here. (We think it was pretty awesome.)
Today, Dylan will present Dojo 2.0: Modular, Mobile, and Reinventing Web App Development covering the reinvention of the Dojo Toolkit, one of the original Ajax toolkits, showing off the wide variety of features and approaches currently available in Dojo and give a sneak peak of the forthcoming Dojo 2.0 release. This is one presentation you won’t want to miss!
For those of you not attending Rich Web Experience 2011, or if you were so amazed that you want to see his presentations again, we will be making all of Dylan’s Rich Web Experience 2011 presentations available online shortly after the conference. To be one of the first to know when they are available, get social with SitePen. Follow us on SlideShare | Twitter | Google+.
SitePen’s CEO, and co-founder of the Dojo Toolkit, Dylan Schiemann will be kicking off Rich Web Experience 2011 with an engaging Real Time, Real Fast keynote address. His talk will cover WebSocket, one of the hottest new APIs in HTML5, which enables true duplex communication without the overhead, complexity, and extraneous latency of HTTP-based solutions. His keynote will also cover the use of streaming abstractions to minimize buffering, and will consider the performance implications of topic-based publish-subscribe distribution versus filtering techniques.
On Wednesday, November 30, Dylan will present Dojo 2.0: Modular, Mobile, and Reinventing Web App Development. This presentation will cover the reinvention of the Dojo Toolkit, one of the original Ajax toolkits. Through a series of improvements in modularity, performance, API improvements, adjustments for HTML5 and mobile platforms, the Dojo Toolkit will continue to provide a stellar platform for building web apps. Dylan will show off the wide variety of features and approaches currently available in Dojo, and give a sneak peak of the forthcoming Dojo 2.0 release.
On Thursday, December 1, Dylan is also presenting Never Bet Against the Open Web. Dylan will share his passion for the open web, explaining how the open web is quickly either replacing, diminishing, or lowering the barrier to entry for all native platform capabilities.
Join us on Thursday, December 1 at 7pm for a dojo.beer.ftlauderdale, sponsored by SitePen. If you’re in the Fort Lauderdale area, or are attending Rich Web Experience 2011, then you are invited! We’d love to have you join us. This dojo.beer event does require you to sign up and space is limited. Sign up today!
Dylan’s Rich Web Experience 2011 presentations will be available online shortly after the conference. To be one of the first to know when they are available, be sure you follow us on SlideShare | Twitter | Google+.
Peace. Love. Dojo.
SitePen is excited to announce that Dojo Toolkit has won 1st Runner Up in the 2011 Packt Open Source Award for Open Source JavaScript Libraries! Congratulations to all of our competitors- jQuery, RaphaelJS, Sencha (ExtJS), and YUI Library. It was an honor to compete with this elite group of libraries. Thank you to everyone who voted for Dojo Toolkit . And most importantly, thank you to everyone who continues to believe in the greatness of Dojo.
About the Open Source JavaScript Libraries Award
Dojo Toolkit competed in the category is reserved for JavaScript libraries, libraries of pre-written JavaScript controls which allow for easier development of RIAs (Rich Internet Applications), visually enhanced applications or smoother server-side JavaScript functionalities. Voting took place between September 19 and October 31, 2011.
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