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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

Clearing the registration form


The final feature of our application is to clear the customer registration form. We will add a button, which the customers can click on to clear any input in the form fields. We will add a corresponding method in the module that will clear all observables in the model.

Let's start by updating the view. Next to the Submit button, add a button to view. Label the button Clear. Bind the click event of the button to a method in the module. We will call this method "clear". Your code for button should look similar to this:

<button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-bind="click: RegistrationForm.clear">Clear</button>

Now that we have updated the view, we can add the clear method to our module. Open the model and add the method skeleton. Also, add the method to the return statement of the module. There are a few different ways of clearing the module. You can set the value of each observable in the module by manually calling its setter method. We will...