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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 contact details


The second feature of our customer registration form application is to capture the customers contact details. We will capture the phone number and e-mail address of the customer. We will also ask for the customer's preferred contact. The phone number and the e-mail will be captured using input text fields and the preferred contact will be captured using radio buttons.

Let's start by adding attributes for the phone number and e-mail fields to our customer model. Add an attribute to group the fields; we will call it contactDetails. Now add the attributes for phone number and e-mail under contactDetails. Our model should now look similar to this:

/* the model */
var customer = {
  personalInfo: {
    title: ko.observable(),
    firstName: ko.observable(),
    middleName: ko.observable(),
    lastName: ko.observable()
  },
  contactDetails: {
    phoneNumber: ko.observable(),
    emailAddress: ko.observable(),
    preferredContact: ko.observable()
  }
};

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