Knockoutjs Essentials

Ferrando, Jorge

ISBN 10: 1784397075 / ISBN 13: 9781784397074

Published by Packt Publishing, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knockoutjs Essentials
• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784397075
• ISBN 13: 9781784397074
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Implement a successful JavaScript-rich application with KnockoutJS, jQuery, and Bootstrap

About This Book

• Create rich Internet applications using JavaScript
• In a step-by-step manner, explore how to customize and extend KnockoutJS to take your app to the next level
• Great examples show how KnockoutJS can simplify your code and make it more robust

Who This Book Is For

If you are a JavaScript developer who has been using DOM manipulation libraries such as Mootools or Scriptaculous, and you want go further in modern JavaScript development with a simple and well-documented library, then this book is for you. Learning how to use Knockout will be perfect as your next step towards building JavaScript applications that respond to user interaction.

What You Will Learn

• Organize and maintain your code when applications begin to grow
• Get to know JavaScript patterns and best practices to keep your code readable
• Bind JavaScript objects and DOM elements with practical examples
• Integrate and manage events to give the user a better experience
• Extend the framework to create your own components
• Create a single-page application using the Durandal JavaScript framework
• Split your application in modules to keep it engrossing and maintainable
• Manage templates to keep your HTML as simple as possible

In Detail

KnockoutJS is a Model View ViewModel (MVVM) framework that allows you to simplify the design of complex user. Knockout makes data manipulation simple and leads to maintainable web applications.

KnockoutJS Essentials gives you an insight into the best practices when designing and building MVVM web applications using the KnockoutJS framework. Packed with real-world tasks, this book starts with an introduction to the Knockout library, helping you make organizational and design decisions. You get a walk-through of the key concepts and terms that are common to development of Knockout applications. Finally, you will learn about the full-stack Knockout framework DurandalJS, which will give you all the tools you need to write complete single-page applications.

About the Author

Jorge Ferrando

Jorge Ferrando is a frontend developer at Uni Micro AS, Norway. He develops economy systems using JavaScript. He has experience as a PHP and C# developer working for companies such as Vigilant and Dreamstar Cash. Jorge grew up in Callosa d'en Sarria, Spain. He attended the University of Alicante where he discovered that web applications are his passion. He started to develop websites when he was 16 years old for a little company in his hometown. He then started practicing at Vigilant as a junior PHP developer; there, he created his first full web application and discovered the potential of JavaScript. Hard work lead him to a bigger company, Dreamstar Cash, also as a PHP developer. There, he got to know several good developers and began to work more and more with JavaScript; thanks to the company, who wanted to use Node.js, Jorge fell in love with JavaScript and frontend development. A few months later, he moved to Norway with his girlfriend and began to work with a company that gave him new challenges every day, working with KnockoutJS, AngularJS, and Twitter Bootstrap.