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Essential Knockout and JavaScript Tips

By John Papa
Interested in taking your Knockout and JavaScript skills up a notch? By the end of this course you will learn more about how Knockout works, various debugging techniques for declarative HTML and JavaScript view models, exploring your data context and observables, the many uses of custom bindings, the power of subscriptions, custom functions and performance tuning.
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Rating
(556)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jun 20, 2013
Duration
3h 49m
Table of contents
What to Expect from Knockout and JavaScript Tips
What to Expect from Knockout and JavaScript Tips 2m
Getting Started with the Demo Code
Demo Code 0m Where's the Code? 1m Fork the Code 2m Cloning the Code with SmartGit 3m Tooling Options 2m Discard and Commit 4m Demo Resources 1m
Round 1: Starting Off on the Right Foot with Observables
Getting Started on the Right Foot 1m Mastering Observables 4m Examining Observables in Plunker 7m 2 Way Data Binding 4m Observables and Parentheses 4m Adding and Removing Parentheses 4m When and Where to Use Observables 4m
Round 2: Live Debugging
Debugging Knockout Code 1m Debugging 4m Using Conditional Breakpoints 2m Evaluating Expressions 1m Checking Scope 3m Changing Code on the Fly in the Browser 3m Locating and Timing XHR Calls 3m Recap 1m
Round 3: Inspecting Bindings
Inspecting Declarative Bindings 1m Inspecting Bindings With a Computed 6m Moving Debug Logic to from HTML to JavaScript 5m Cycles in Object Graphs 1m Custom toJson Function 4m Enabling the Binding Handler 3m Testing the Dump Binding 5m KnockoutJS Chrome PlugIn 2m Examining Context Changes 3m Right Tool for the Right Job 1m
Round 4: Custom Binding Handlers
Extending Your Bindings 1m Top Reasons for Custom Bindng Handlers 2m Creating a Binding Handler 3m UI and Animation 5m 3rd Party Control Scenario 2m Using the Bootstrap Typeahead 6m Data Binding the Typeahead 4m Designing a Binding Handler 3m Writing the Typeahead Handler 4m But Wait, There's More! 5m Recap 1m
Round 5: The Truth About Computed Observables
Computeds Observables 1m In a Nutshell 3m Timings 4m Triggering Disposal of a Computed 2m Deferring Evaluation 2m The Case for a Writeable Computed 2m Using Computeds Wisely 1m
Round 6: Manual Subscriptions
Manual Subscriptions 1m Why Should I Create Subscriptions? 2m Subscription Syntax 2m Car Demo 1m Car Demo HTML 6m Car Demo ViewModel 3m Car Demo Constructor 4m Car Demo Filtering with Computeds 4m Car Demo Subscriptions 4m Performing Logic Using Subscriptions 3m Recap 1m
Round 7: Event Delegation and Performance
Managing Events and Performance 1m Advantages of Event Delegation 3m Bindings on Each Row 3m Adding jQuery Event Delegation 5m How to Use the Delegated Binding Handler 3m Refactoring for the Binding Handler 5m Recap 2m
Round 8: Performance
Efficient Knockout 1m Bindings All At Once 3m Understanding Array Updates 3m Creating the Array Performance Demo 5m Testing Observable Array Performance 1m Using the Underlying Array 2m Testing Large Array Performance 3m Improving Large Array Performance 2m Tracking Re-Evaluations 3m Time to Throttle 2m Throttling Local Data 4m Throttling Ajax 3m Recap 1m
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Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jun 20, 2013
Duration
3h 49m
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Interested in taking your Knockout and JavaScript skills up a notch? By the end of this course you will learn more about how Knockout works, various debugging techniques for declarative HTML and JavaScript view models, exploring your data context and observables, the many uses of custom bindings, the power of subscriptions, custom functions and performance tuning.

About the author
John Papa
About the author

John Papa is a Principal Developer Advocate with Microsoft and an alumni of the Google Developer Expert, Microsoft Regional Director, and MVP programs.

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Duration
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