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Learning DHTMLX Suite UI

By : Eli Geske
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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

Creating the storage object


Now, we will create the storage object. Find the storage.js file that we created, which should be empty. We will use the storage object to save and retrieve the application data.

Note

Please pay attention to trailing commas when adding methods to this JavaScript object. Every method should be followed by a comma. The last method is optional.

First, we will look at each individual method and what each one does. Then we will create the entire object.

The storage methods and properties

There are two properties we created in the storage object that are specific for helping it to operate.

lastStoredId

The first property is the lastStoredId property:

lastStoredId: localStorage.getItem("lastStoredId")? localStorage.getItem("lastStoredId"):0,

This property retains the ID of the last entered item inside localStorage. Upon initial loading of the page, this property checks the localStorage item lastStoredId for a value. If it has one, that value is assigned to the storage object...