What this book covers

Chapter 1, Refreshing the UI Automatically with KnockoutJS, teaches you about the Knockout library. You will create observables and make your templates reactive to changes.

Chapter 2, KnockoutJS Templates, shows how to create templates to reduce your HTML code. Templates will help you keep your designs maintainable and they can be adapted to your data.

Chapter 3, Custom Bindings and Components, shows how to extend the Knockout library to make your code more maintainable and portable.

Chapter 4, Managing KnockoutJS Events, teaches you how to communicate with isolated modules and libraries using jQuery events. Events will help you to send messages between different components or modules.

Chapter 5, Getting Data from the Server, shows how to communicate with the server from the client side using jQuery AJAX calls. You will also learn how to develop the client side without a server behind it using mock techniques.

Chapter 6, The Module Pattern – RequireJS, teaches you how to write well-formed modules using the module pattern and the AMD pattern to manage dependencies between libraries.

Chapter 7, Durandal – The KnockoutJS Framework, teaches you how the best Knockout framework works. You will learn about each part of the framework to have the capacity to make big applications with less code.

Chapter 8, Developing Web Applications with Durandal – The Cart Project, migrates the application built over the course of the book to Durandal. You will develop the same app with a few lines and will be able to add new features.