Learning DHTMLX Suite UI: Create your first single-page JavaScript application using multiple DHTMLX components and a touch of HTML5

Eli Geske

€17.98 ~~€19.99~~

3.9 (7 Ratings)

eBook Oct 2013 132 pages 1st Edition

Eli Geske

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eBook Oct 2013 132 pages 1st Edition

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Learn how to install and use DHTMLX methods and events
Store data in HTML5 local storage
Learn how to develop a client-side application using DHTMLX and browser tools

Description

JavaScript applications provide an excellent user experience for small to large scale enterprise applications. The amazing growth of JavaScript has opened the door for many great libraries such as DHTMLX. "Learning DHTMLX Suite UI" will teach you how to use these libraries effectively so you can make presentations that will take your employer's/ client's breath away! "Learning DHTMLX Suite UI" is a step-by-step guide that will teach you the basics of DHTMLX library components and how to apply them in a real-world scenario. This book will start with the installation of DHTMLX before moving on to explore the features of DHTMLX and helping you to create your first user management application. "Learning DHTMLX Suite UI" will guide you through the installation of DHTMLX as a single-page application. As you progress from one chapter to the next, you will gradually build a simple user management application. You will also learn how to create forums with validation and how to use grids to add and edit users. The book will also suggest the best practices for using toolbars and refreshing data. With "Learning DHTMLX Suite UI Guide", you will be inspired to come up with your own great ideas for your future application development projects.

Who is this book for?

"Learning DHTMLX Suite UI" is for web designers who have a basic knowledge of JavaScript and who are looking for powerful tools that will give them an extra edge in their own application development. This book is also useful for experienced developers who wish to get started with DHTMLX without going through the trouble of learning its quirks through trial and error. Readers are expected to have some knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, Document Object Model, and the ability to install a local web server.

What you will learn

Understand the benefits of DHTMLX and other libraries
Download and install DHTMLX as a suite
Set up JavaScript objects to manage data and component interactions
Learn about the initialization and manipulation of Layouts, Grids, Toolbars, Windows, Forms, and Charts
Use events to sync interactions
Utilize form validations and calendar pickers
Employ JSON data structures for Grids and Charts
Create a single-page JavaScript application with DHTMLX components

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Randall Ochmann Apr 30, 2015

Good place to start.

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JohnM Undisclosed Nov 09, 2014

Great intro to dhtmlx application structure. Exactly what I needed to get acquainted with the capabilities of dhmtlx, and some of its components. I ended up extending the app as suggested in the epilogue to use SQL Server tables over local storage with an external web service.

George H. Mar 07, 2014

Eli Geske has written an excellent introduction to the DHTMLX Suite. The writing is clear, specific, and easy to read, and the exercises are easy to follow. I didn't find any bugs in his code. I think that the documentation from DHTMLX can be daunting to even experienced programmers, so this book can really help you to learn how to think and code using the DHTMLX framework. If you take the time to type-in and test each exercise progressively and not just cut and paste them in, you will definitely have a big jumpstart in using DHTMLX.My only quibble with the book is that it did not give any examples of using data from a server-side database, but that really shouldn't be very difficult for people familiar with JavaScript and JSON to figure out.You will definitely need some familiarity with JavaScript and JSON to get the most out of this book, however, if you take the time to do all the exercises for building the application and pay attention to the patterns, you'll get a good idea about how JavaScript works.

Steven Place Jan 31, 2014

This is a quick, step-by-step guide to installing and using this powerful JS library. Eli thoroughly explains every function in clear detail, making this the perfect manual for anyone who wants to create highly interactive web applications using the DHTMLX suite.Eli covers the entire suite, explaining every method and event in easy-to-understand language. Well done.

Csaba Kiss Jan 30, 2014

I was very happy to see a book about DHTMLX. As far as I know, this is the first book about this JavaScript framework. It is aimed at beginners and gives you a good taste what the framework is capable of. The book is well structured and written well. It is easy to follow the instructions. I would definitely recommend it over the official documentation, which can be really confusing and frustrating from time to time. However, the DHMTMLX folks are really dedicated to help if you need it. I hope this book will help to spread DHTMLX, because I believe it is deserved to be used more widely.Unfortunately, the book does not follow the officially recommended directory structure. That can be confusing for beginners. However, if you can get over that, the website structure is very logical. The book introduces the reader to the most common components of DHTMLX. It does a very good job explaining the various methods and events of each component without overwhelming. All in all, the book is a great introduction to DHTMLX.The only sore point I have about the book is the use of HTML5's local storage. I think the author/publisher chose the easy way out of using local storage instead of a "real" sql database. Because of this, one crucial part of DHTMLX is missing, which is server side functionality. I believe that the majority of potential users of DHTMLX have a proper sql database. The connector files add a lot of functionality to DHTMLX that changes methods in many components of the framework (server-side sorting filtering etc.). I hope the next edition will include this as well.

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