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KnockoutJS by Example

By : Adnan Jaswal
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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

Summary


In this chapter, we walked through building a customer banking portal for MyBank. We took an iterative approach to develop the application as instructed by the CIO of MyBank.

In the first section, we implemented a user story that was about setting up the navigation so that the users could easily navigate through the application and find the information they require. We developed a navigation bar and a tab container to display different sections of the view. The second section was about displaying static information on different view sections. We developed a carousel component to display useful information and also learned how to use the panels. We implemented the displaying of accounts information in the third section of the chapter. We retrieved user data from the server and mapped it to our model. The fourth section was about giving our users the ability to select an account and view its transactions. We achieved this by developing a master details component using tables. In the...