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MASTERING KNOCKOUTJS

MASTERING KNOCKOUTJS

By : Moran
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MASTERING KNOCKOUTJS

MASTERING KNOCKOUTJS

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By: Moran
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Overview of this book

If you are an experienced JavaScript developer who is looking for new tools to build web applications and get an understanding of core elements and applications, this is the book for you. A basic knowledge of DOM, JavaScript, and KnockoutJS is assumed.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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A note on Knockout 3.2
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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1. Knockout Essentials
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1. Knockout Essentials
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The environment setup
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An overview of Knockout
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Observables
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Defining viewmodels
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The data-bind syntax
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Control flow bindings
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Template binding
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Containerless control flow
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Extenders
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The Contacts List application
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Summary
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2. Extending Knockout with Custom Binding Handlers
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2. Extending Knockout with Custom Binding Handlers
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The data binding pattern
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Components of a binding handler
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Simple binding handlers
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Advanced binding handlers
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Containerless syntax with custom bindings
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3. Extending Knockout with Preprocessors and Providers
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3. Extending Knockout with Preprocessors and Providers
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Binding the handler preprocessing
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Node preprocessors
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Binding providers
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Knockout punches
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Summary
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4. Application Development with Components and Modules
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4. Application Development with Components and Modules
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RequireJS – AMD viewmodels
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Components
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Single Page Application (SPA) routing
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5. Durandal – the Knockout Framework
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5. Durandal – the Knockout Framework
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An overview of the Durandal framework
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The composition system
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Using the router
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Modal dialogs
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The application's life cycle
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Widgets
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6. Advanced Durandal
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6. Advanced Durandal
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Publishing and subscribing
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Handling logins
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Guarded routes
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Advanced composition
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Child routers
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Custom modal dialogs
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Using activators
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Binding to plain JavaScript objects
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7. Best Practices
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7. Best Practices
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Sticking to MVVM
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Using service modules
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Creating small modules
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Writing unit tests
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Singleton versus instance
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Calling ko.applyBindings once (per root)
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Performance concerns
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8. Plugins and Other Knockout Libraries
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8. Plugins and Other Knockout Libraries
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Knockout Validation
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Knockout Mapping
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Knockout Kendo
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KoGrid
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Knockout Bootstrap
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Knockout Switch-Case
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Knockout Projections
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Knockout-ES5
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9. Under the Hood
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9. Under the Hood
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Dependency tracking
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The prototype chain
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The binding expression parser
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Applying bindings
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Templates
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The ko.utils reference
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Index
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Index

Chapter 4. Application Development with Components and Modules

Okay, time to get back to application development. We touched briefly on this back in Chapter 1, Knockout Essentials; we will be returning to it here. This chapter is all about how to work with Knockout inside modern web applications. In this chapter, we will look at the following topics:

  • Using modules with RequireJS
  • Creating reusable components
  • Extending Knockout with custom component loaders
  • Single Page Application (SPA) routing

Because Knockout is a library—a fact it proclaims proudly on the home page—it doesn't cover everything you need in complete web applications. This allows Knockout to specialize by focusing on a limited feature set, but it leaves the task of deciding how to build the rest of the application to you, the developer. The methods we cover in this chapter are not the only available options—we don't have that kind of time or space—but they should provide enough general...

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