Knockoutjs By Example [Paperback]

Develop rich, interactive, and real-world web applications using knockout.js

About This Book

• Master the full range of features provided by knockout.js such as declarative binding, automatic refresh, dependency tracking, and templating using this project based guide
• Tackle real-world problems such as page navigation, forms, composite UI components, maps integration, server interaction for CRUD operations, and application security
• Discover the power of knockout.js as you build applications with complexity ranging from beginner to advanced
• Extend and customize knockout.js to harness its full potential
• Integrate with third party libraries and APIs to build fully featured applications

Who This Book Is For

This book is intended for designers and developers who want to learn how to use Knockout to develop rich, interactive, and modular web applications. The book assumes no prior knowledge of the Knockout library but basic familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript would be helpful.

What You Will Learn

• Explore the basic concept behind the Model-View-View Model (MVVM) design pattern and how it is implemented by Knockout
• Develop a modular application skeleton based on the module pattern that can be used as a template for your projects
• Create single page, rich, interactive, modular, real-world applications using Knockout
• Use knockout.js with other libraries and APIs such as JQuery, Bootstrap, and Google Maps API to give your users a richer experience
• Create a real-world dynamic web form to capture user information and learn how Knockout makes it easier to capture, validate, and submit form data
• Develop and use dynamic UI components such as grids, tabs, dialogs, and wizards
• Extend knockout.js to add custom extenders, binding handlers, and observables
• Communicate with the backend server using JSON over restful web services