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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

Capturing residential and postal addresses


The third feature of our customer registration form application is to capture the customer's residential and postal address. For residential address, we will capture the street address, city, post code, and country. For postal address, we will give users a choice between a PO Box and street address. The choice between a PO Box and street address will be captured using radio buttons, and the appropriate fields will be displayed. For PO Box address, we will capture the PO Box, city, post code, and country.

Let's start by creating the address attribute in our customer model. The address attribute will hold attributes for residential and postal addresses. Create the address and residential attributes. In our customer model, the attributes should look similar to this:

address: {
  residential: {
    street: ko.observable(),
    city: ko.observable(),
    postCode: ko.observable(),
    country: ko.observable()
  }
}

The next step is to update the view to...