Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Dojo Toolkit Kickstart
Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:41:08 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)  Comments [5] | 
Categories: Ajax | Dojo

While I've messed with the Dojo Toolkit enough to get the interface elements up and running, I've been delegating a lot of the more detailed "wiring" work to Mike- "soon to be blogging"-Juniper, while I worked on the back end web services and database tiers. When I did wire things up, I tended to use the Microsoft Ajax Client-side Library.

Mike is out at Microsoft TechEd this week, so for my current project, I've got no one to lean on, so I'm digging deeper into the Dojo Framework.

For those not in the ArcGIS Server beta program, it's worth noting that the Javascript API that will be shipping with 9.3 is based on Dojo.

Here are a list of resources that I've been using:

SitePen Dojo Quick Start Guide 

Pretty quick read, but covers the main ideas so well that it has apparently replaced the old "Quick Start" guide that was on DojoToolkit.org

Book of Dojo @ DojoToolkit.org

This is a one-stop shop for what's in Dojo. Quality varies between the sections, but overall, a good starting point for what's in there. Covers Dojo, Dijit and DojoX.

Dojo Feature Explorer @DojoCampus.org

This is another good place to see what the controls can do, and you can see the code as well. Again not 100% complete, but covers much of Dojo, Dijit and DojoX.

Articles @ DojoCampus.org

Be sure to check out the articles on the site. They are pretty focused, but well written.

Have some other great Dojo Framework resources? Drop them in the comments!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:24:41 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
O'Reilly's "Dojo: The Definitive Guide" is due out later this month, i've got in on pre-order.
http://www.amazon.ca/Dojo-Definitive-Guide-Matthew-Russell/dp/0596516487/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=IGVN8Q74PNWO4&colid=28M2M0HZXJJI4

Matthew Russell who writes the above book has a blog via O'Reilly which has some great Dojo content:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2054
Rachel
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 1:22:01 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
There's another book on the way out too... Mastering Dojo by Craig Reicke, Rawld Gill, and Alex Russell (the dojo founder).

The dojo forums and IRC channel (#dojo on freenode) are friendly places - drop in if you have any questions, large or small.

Rob :)
Rob Coup
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 10:24:25 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
Thanks for the links - I've also got the O'Reilly book on order, and Pragmatic Programmer books I've got have been great, so I'll likely order that one too (seeing as I can get the "beta" on this, I may pull the trigger tomorrow).

Cheers,

Dave
Dave
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:52:46 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
Don't forget the uber-meta resource link:

http://dojotoolkit.org/key-links

Peter Higgins
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:42:52 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)
a good Dojo API reference
Max
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