Full Service: The Yahoo Developer Network and the Yahoo User Interface Library (book excerpt)

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Full Service: The Yahoo Developer Network and the Yahoo User Interface Library (book excerpt)

June 27, 2006 at 4:36 pm by Eric Miraglia | In Development |

All of us at Yahoo! were excited this spring when long-time web developer and blogger Christian Heilmann joined our increasingly deep and talented frontend engineering team in London. Christian had been working for etoys, had been involved in the development of dozens of high-profile sites (including VisitBritain.com), and is the author of the well-regarded web-developer site ICant.co.uk.

Christian had also been working on a new book, Beginning JavaScript with Dom Scripting and Ajax, From Novice to Professional, which is now coming off the presses and is soon to appear in book stores. In Chapter 11 of the new book, Christian explores the YUI Library from an implementer’s perspective and steps through a variety of code solutions using library components. We asked if we could share a free preview of the YUI section of the book here, and happily the editor at APress agreed.

Download Full Service: The Yahoo Developer Network and the Yahoo User Interface Library (PDF, 4.5MB), from Chapter 11 of Beginning JavaScript with Dom Scripting and Ajax, From Novice to Professional.
Visit the book’s website, where you can download the code samples.

Thanks to Christian and to Chris Mills, editor at APress, for allowing us to post the excerpt.

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[…] You can download the chapter excerpt in PDF format at the YUI Blog […]

Pingback by Free Excerpt of my book at the YUI blog - Wait till I come! — June 27, 2006 #
[…] Full Service: The Yahoo Developer Network and the Yahoo User Interface Library (book excerpt): ” All of us at Yahoo! were excited this spring when long-time web developer and blogger Christian Heilmann joined our increasingly deep and talented frontend engineering team in London. Christian had been working for etoys, had been involved in the development of dozens of high-profile sites (including VisitBritain.com), and is the author of the well-regarded web-developer site ICant.co.uk. […]

Pingback by Full Service: The Yahoo Developer Network and the Yahoo User Interface Library (book excerpt) — June 28, 2006 #
Free excerpt of “Beginning JavaScript with Dom Scripting and Ajax, From Novice to Professional”…

There is a free PDF download of chapter on the YUI libraries.. I really hope all of my coding buddies check it out, the libraries are fantastic.

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Trackback by Dav's Rants and Random Thoughts — June 28, 2006 #
A very nice chapter. I especially enjoyed the praise in the summary for how YUI does not alter or extend the JavaScript language. This, along with the namespacing care which Heilmann also mentions, is one of the primary reasons I love YUI.

Comment by Matt Warden — June 28, 2006 #
Kaptiel über YUI Library Einführung kostenlos lesen…

und zwar aus dem Buch “Beginning JavaScript with Dom Scripting and Ajax, From Novice to Professional“.
Das Probekapitel (Kapitel 11) “Full Service: The Yahoo Developer Network and the Yahoo User Interface Library” kann direkt vo…

Trackback by webthreads.de — June 28, 2006 #
Is this statement:

“YUI does not alter or extend the JavaScript language”

true?

I find at least two occurences of setTimeout(), which as far as I can tell, is not part of the ECMA standard. Of course, strictly speaking, this extension is not created by YUI, simple supported.

Comment by some guy — June 29, 2006 #
Beginning Javascript with DOM Scripting and Ajax…

This book is getting some good buzz. Free chapter download too.

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Trackback by User Experience & Design — July 14, 2006 #
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