Dojo 1.3 is here! (download site)
If you’re already using Dojo, this should be a no-brainer upgrade. It’s out-and-out better. As a quick example, dojo.create(”tagname”, { /*properties*/ }) is now the preferred way to build DOM nodes quickly. Its simple API will be natural to anyone who has used dojo.attr(). Even better, Pete’s exciting PlugD version [...]
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Dojo 1.3 Is Out!
March 31, 2009 – 8:52 am
Whoa.
January 12, 2009 – 4:38 pm
Via Dion, Palm’s new Mojo framework for the Pre is based on Dojo!
As far as I know, it was a total surprise to the Dojo community (myself included). I can’t wait to get started writing apps for this thing and see what device APIs Palm has surfaced.
Census 2: More Than Just A Pretty Graph
December 16, 2008 – 8:59 am
Numbers without context are lies waiting to be repeated.
Joining Google
November 23, 2008 – 2:48 pm
Starting next month, I’ll be a Googler.
To my great surprise, I’ve been at SitePen two and a half years. It has been nothing short of wonderful which may explain why it doesn’t feel like it has been that long. When I look back at what we’ve accomplished it’s also surprising that we’ve been able to [...]
delegate(), delegate(), delegate()
October 10, 2008 – 4:50 pm
My MBP batteries keep dying after about a year (each). I usually have 2 that I tote around with me, and each tends to be good for 1.5-2hrs of actual work. This means that I tend not to be able to work through a cross-country flight, and particularly not if I need a VM for [...]
ZendCon Notes
September 19, 2008 – 11:35 am
I gave a talk on Dojo Wednesday at ZendCon, and when I walked into the room for the talk, there was some disorder as the conference center staff were taking out the tables to fit more chairs in. Even with the extra space, the room was totally packed, thanks in large part to the amazing [...]
The Importance Of Chrome
September 1, 2008 – 4:28 pm
The rumors seem to have been true…the gBrowser is real. And it looks like it will simply be awesome. To my friends who have been toiling on it in deep secrecy for so very long, congratulations. Yes, yes, more to do, blah blah…screw that. You shipped! Huzzah!
So what does Chrome mean for those of us [...]
Dojo’s Query System: No, Really, It’s That Fast
August 21, 2008 – 4:51 pm
As outlined by JQuery lead John Resig in this post, it’s hard not to notice how much Dojo’s query engine stomps on the the competition on current browsers. Dojo will load even quicker when we’re able to remove the XPath branch in the query engine which is currently only being kept on life support for [...]
Chandler 1.0!
August 14, 2008 – 10:59 am
Somehow I missed this last week, but OSAF’s Chandler super-PIM just went 1.0. It’s been a long time in coming, and the result isn’t what I had at all expected. Instead of being an “email client++”, Chandler 1.0 is a calendar and task management tool that happens to be super-savvy about talking to your existing [...]
Transition
August 8, 2008 – 2:29 pm
Two days ago I dusted off the rarely-used voting procedure for Dojo Foundation projects in order to kick off a transition that I’m very excited about: as of this afternoon, the committers of the Dojo project have elected Peter Higgins the new Project Lead for the toolkit project.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Peter [...]
OSCON ‘08
July 18, 2008 – 6:31 pm
I’m leaving tomorrow for my yearly trek to Portland for OSCON. If you’re going, don’t hesitate to drop me a line if you want to catch up or RSVP for the Dojo meetup/dinner on Wed evening.
Speaking as a member of the OSCON program committee, I’m very happy about the quality of the talks in the [...]
Dojo Developer Day Boston, Sept. 28-29
July 10, 2008 – 5:13 pm
As Dylan just posted over on the official Dojo blog, we’re having our next bi-annual Dojo Developer Day event in Boston just prior to the Ajax Experience conference.
Like previous DDD events, the first day will be somewhat contributor-oriented, and many decisions about the direction of the project are likely to get made there. The Monday [...]
A Lovely Box For Your Toolkit
July 8, 2008 – 11:15 am
I’m incredibly excited about the SitePen Dojo Toolbox AIR app that just launched. I’ve been using early versions for a couple of weeks now, and in that time it has earned a privileged place on my desktop. Being able to make local builds without delving to the command line is something that I’ve wanted to [...]
LHB: Same Story, Different Tune
July 5, 2008 – 5:28 pm
I’m not sure how I missed it for so long, but I’m now reading every word of the Linux Hater’s Blog. It’s beautiful catharsis, and I say that as someone who used to serve as President of a university LUG and who writes open source software for a living.
Like the author of LHB, I’ve written [...]
Uxebu Hangs Their Shingle
July 5, 2008 – 1:28 pm
Several Dojo’s most prolific European contributors have banded together to form Uxebu, a new consultancy centered around Dojo and JavaScript (blog here). SitePen recently expanded to the UK and while we’re doing lots of business in the EU, it’s an exciting time to be working with Dojo as the demand is very high. I’m tremendously [...]
