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Learning DHTMLX Suite UI

By : Eli Geske
Book Image

Learning DHTMLX Suite UI

By: Eli Geske

Overview of this book

JavaScript applications provide an excellent user experience for small to large scale enterprise applications. The amazing growth of JavaScript has opened the door for many great libraries such as DHTMLX. "Learning DHTMLX Suite UI" will teach you how to use these libraries effectively so you can make presentations that will take your employer's/ client's breath away! "Learning DHTMLX Suite UI" is a step-by-step guide that will teach you the basics of DHTMLX library components and how to apply them in a real-world scenario. This book will start with the installation of DHTMLX before moving on to explore the features of DHTMLX and helping you to create your first user management application. "Learning DHTMLX Suite UI" will guide you through the installation of DHTMLX as a single-page application. As you progress from one chapter to the next, you will gradually build a simple user management application. You will also learn how to create forums with validation and how to use grids to add and edit users. The book will also suggest the best practices for using toolbars and refreshing data. With "Learning DHTMLX Suite UI Guide", you will be inspired to come up with your own great ideas for your future application development projects.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Learning DHTMLX Suite UI
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing a web server


DHTMLX requires the application be used on a web server to allow all functionality to work. There are several preconfigured web server packages available for downloading on the Internet.

One of the options for Windows is WampServer. It is available at http://www.wampserver.com. For Mac users, one of the popular web server packages is MAMP. It is available at http://www.mamp.info.

Each of these websites provides instructions on using their packages.

Once you have a web server running, you must locate a directory accessible through the web server where you would like to create the application. The examples in this book will be using the root of an installed web server as the application directory and accessing the application at http://localhost/. The book will also refer to the root as the application directory.