YUI 2.8 : develop your next-generation web applications with the YUI JavaScript development library / Daniel Barreiro, Dan Wellman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barreiro, Daniel.

Contributor:

Wellman, Dan.

Yahoo! Inc.

Series:

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Application software--Development.

Application software.

JavaScript (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Open Source, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Develop your next-generation web applications with the YUI JavaScript development library

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Getting Started with YUI; What is the YUI?; Who is it for and who will it benefit the most?; Why the Yahoo! User Interface Library?; Graded browser support; What comes with the YUI?; The library topography; The core files; The Utilities; The controls; The CSS Tools; The developer tools; The library's structure; What else does Yahoo! provide?; Are there any licensing restrictions?; Installing the YUI; Creating an offline library repository; Using the library files in your own web pages

Code placementPerfect date selection with the Calendar Control; The basic Calendar class; The CalendarGroup class; Implementing a Calendar; The initial HTML page; Highly eventful; The DateMath class; Summary; Chapter 2: Creating Consistency with the CSS Tools; Tools of the trade; Element normalization with reset.css; Element rules; First base; Tidying up text with fonts.css; Layout pages with ease using grids.css; Setting up your page structure; The basic building blocks of your pages; Grid nesting; A word on Sam; Summary; Chapter 3: DOM Manipulation and Event Handling; Working with the DOM

DOM conceptsCommon DOM scripting techniques; Common DOM methods; Further reading; DOM-the old way; DOM-the YUI way; DOM manipulation in YUI; Many DOMs make light work; The Dom class; Using the Dom class; The Region class; Additional useful Dom methods; Other classes; The Selector Utility; Listening for Events the easy (YUI) way; Event models; Old styled events; YUI event capturing; Evolving event handlers; Reacting when appropriate; A look at the Event Utility; Listeners; Event delegation; Other plugins; Custom events; The evolution of Custom Events; EventProvider; Custom event basics

The Element UtilitySubclassing from Element; Adding custom methods and properties; Using AttributeProvider; Summary; Chapter 4: Calling Back Home; Introduction to Connection Manager; The XMLHttpRequest object interface; A closer look at the response object; The Callback object; Basic communication; Sending forms; Posting; Yahoo Query Language (YQL); Overcoming the XDS restriction; Working with XML; Processing a JSON reply; Using JSONP with the Get utility; Loading library components via Get; Summary; Chapter 5: Animation, the Browser History Manager, and Cookies

Introducing the Animation UtilityThe class structure of the Animation Utility; The Animation constructor; Animation's attributes; Custom Animation events; The subclasses; Additional classes; Using Animation to create an Accordion Widget; Listening to the end of the Animation; The CSS for Accordion; Using Element; Dealing with motion; Restoring the browser's expected functionality; The BHM class; Using BHM; The BHM script; Cookies; Summary; Chapter 6: Content Containers and Tabs; Meet the YUI Container family; Module; Overlay; Panel; Tooltip; Dialog; SimpleDialog; Container Effects

OverlayManager

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612703300

9781282703308

1282703307

9781849510714

1849510717

OCLC:

797915392