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KnockoutJS by Example

By : Adnan Jaswal
Book Image

KnockoutJS by Example

By: Adnan Jaswal

Overview of this book

KnockoutJS By Example is a project-based guide that introduces the key features and concepts of knockout.js. It helps you create an application skeleton and a Hello World application. You will develop a To-Do list application that aims to show the basic features of knockout.js in action, such as data binding and observables, following which you will develop a dynamic online customer registration form that captures and validates customer information. This book will further walk you through developing a customer banking portal, which demonstrates the use of knockout.js with components such as navigation bars, tabs, carousels, master details view, panels, forms, and wizards. You will also discover how to use token-based authentication and authorization to secure the customer banking portal, and move on to creating an editable products grid with CRUD operations. Finally, you will explore how to use the Google Maps API with knockout.js. KnockoutJS By Example will not only leave you with a basic understanding of knockout.js fundamentals but also take you through some of the advanced features. It will help you get a web application up and ready instantly.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
KnockoutJS by Example
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgment
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 3. Creating an Online Customer Registration Form

Forms are used to capture and submit user input in most web-based applications. One common example is a customer registration form. This chapter will walk you through building a dynamic customer registration form application. You will learn the controls Knockout provides to help build a dynamic and rich form easily and efficiently.

In this chapter, you will learn how to:

  • Work with form fields

  • Bind different form elements with the Knockout model

  • Show or hide form elements based on business logic

  • Dynamically create form elements and bind them to a list

  • Submit the form using the submit data binding

The online customer registration form allows the user to provide the information required for user registration. The application has the following features:

  • Capture personal information that includes customer's title and name

  • Capture customer's contact details that includes e-mail address and phone numbers

  • Capture customer's residential and postal address...