Summary

If you have ever built any JavaScript pages with this much interaction with your data using JavaScript or even with jQuery, then you will know why the library deserves the title of Knockout. The amount of power we have gained using this library in just two chapters is compelling. Through this chapter you should have gained the ability to do conditional binding, nested binding, observable array collections, adding and deleting records in array style management, and sorting observable arrays. You even got a quick look at a Knockout plugin.

In the next chapter, we will learn to drive web forms with the power of Knockout. They think differently; and for a few, that is the first reaction. It is an interesting double take as the second reaction that nearly instantly follows is that it is better. Event binding is also a topic we will dig into in the next chapter with special focus on the over-the-top punch Knockout gives us when dealing with grid forms.