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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

Testing the grid


Now, we are going to add a couple users with the storage methods to test the grid. After testing we will clear the localStorage.

Creating a user

The createUser method was created in Chapter 3, Data Structures, Storage, and Callbacks to add a user to the localStorage. We will use this to add two users to the grid and test the functionality. We will use a simplified version of the user object.

In the console type and run the following code snippet:

storage.createUser({firstName: "George", dob: new Date("1991")});
storage.createUser({firstName: "Steve", dob: new Date("1982")});

The createUser saved the users into the localStorage then called the dataChanged method, which refreshed the grid. Now we know that when a user is added the grid will update. The following screenshot shows the grid with the two added users:

Removing a user

Now, we will test removing a user. Select a grid row and click on the remove button. The selected row is now removed. Clicking on the remove button removes...