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Published in Nov 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783981007

Length 270 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

KnockoutJS

Concepts

Front End Web Development

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Timothy Moran

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

A note on Knockout 3.2
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support

1. Knockout Essentials

The environment setup
An overview of Knockout
Observables
Defining viewmodels
The data-bind syntax
Control flow bindings
Template binding
Containerless control flow
Extenders
The Contacts List application
Summary

2. Extending Knockout with Custom Binding Handlers FREE CHAPTER

The data binding pattern
Components of a binding handler
Simple binding handlers
Advanced binding handlers
Containerless syntax with custom bindings
Summary

3. Extending Knockout with Preprocessors and Providers

Binding the handler preprocessing
Node preprocessors
Binding providers
Knockout punches
Summary

4. Application Development with Components and Modules

RequireJS – AMD viewmodels
Components
Single Page Application (SPA) routing
Summary

5. Durandal – the Knockout Framework

An overview of the Durandal framework
The composition system
Using the router
Modal dialogs
The application's life cycle
Widgets
Summary

6. Advanced Durandal

Publishing and subscribing
Handling logins
Guarded routes
Advanced composition
Child routers
Custom modal dialogs
Using activators
Binding to plain JavaScript objects
Summary

7. Best Practices

Sticking to MVVM
Using service modules
Creating small modules
Writing unit tests
Singleton versus instance
Calling ko.applyBindings once (per root)
Performance concerns
Summary

8. Plugins and Other Knockout Libraries

Knockout Validation
Knockout Mapping
Knockout Kendo
KoGrid
Knockout Bootstrap
Knockout Switch-Case
Knockout Projections
Knockout-ES5
Summary

9. Under the Hood

Dependency tracking
The prototype chain
The binding expression parser
Applying bindings
Templates
The ko.utils reference
Summary

Index

What you need for this book

You need an ES5-compatible browser, Git, and Node.js. The code in this book will run on any operating system.

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