The Dojo and Ajax related builders

WEF offers a multitude of Dojo and Ajax related builders. Through these builders, WEF developers can build rich interface portlets without having a deep understanding of the Dojo Toolkit or even every available Ajax technique.

The list of Dojo and Ajax related builders ranges from simple Dojo Checkbox and Tooltip builders to richer builders such as the Dojo Data Grid builder, the Dojo Accordion Container builder, and the Dojo Tree builder.

The following screenshot shows the list of these builders, which are categorized by WEF as Rich UI builders:

Well, at this point, we should move to build a sample to demonstrate the usage of a few Dojo builders. In addition to demonstrating the Dojo builders, you will also have the opportunity to look into a few Ajax techniques employed by WEF to build a rich portlet at the same time that we avoid full page refresh.

Actually, we will build two examples. The first example is a model, which enables users to log messages...