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Hello Authors,
I have been working on a web application which also involves some javascript coding. I have been using some JS libraries like jQuery, prototype, script.aculo.us. Whats new with Dojo and why do you think Dojo is important to learn for writing web applications? Is the book intended for beginners or advanced users of JS?

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Reghu
 
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Hi Reghu,

My book is aimed towards JavaScript beginners which have some solid knowledge of another C-like language (Java, for example).

The reason I recommend Dojo is that it is a one-stop-shop, with functionality like;

Cross-browser 2D graphics and charting
Hierarchical extendable widget system
Generic offline storage
Message bus
Data abstraction between widgets and data sources
Unit testing
Customized builds
Internationalization (i18n) for all widgets, including BiDi support
WAI/ARIA support for screen-readers
et.c.

Cheers,
PS

http://unclescript.blogspot.com/
 
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Hi Peter,
Welcome to javaranch and thanks a lot for the response. The functionality you have listed is pretty comprehensive for a JS framework and I will definitely take a look at DOJO sometime very soon

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Reghu
 
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Hi Peter,

Is DOJO is browser dependent? and What pre-Cautions should be taken in the intial stages of project.
 
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Hi Praveen. Dojo is cross-browser compatible; IE6 and Up, Safari 1.x, FF1.2 (IIRC), Chrome 0.3 and so on.

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http://unclescript.blogspot.com/
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