Dojo is not just another JavaScript toolkit - it's the JavaScript toolkit - and Dojo: A Guide definitely shows how to tame a vast library of Dojo utilities so you can build rich and responsive web applications like never before. Dojo founder Alex Russell gives a foreword explaining "why" of Dojo and of this book. Dojo provides a solution end-to-end for development in the browser, including everything from the core JavaScript library and turnkey widgets to build tools and testing frameworks. With this reference would you get: Get a concise introduction to Dojo that's good for all 1.x versions of Well-explained examples, with scores of tested code samples, that let you see Dojo in action A comprehensive reference to Dojo JavaScript standard library (including fundamental utilities in Base, Dojo's tiny but powerful kernel) that you'll wonder how you ever lived without An extensive look at additional Core features, such as animations, drag-and-drop, back-button handling, animations like deleting and slides, and more Exhaustive coverage of out-of- the-box Dijits (Dojo widgets) as well as coverage of definitive about how to make your own, either from scratch or build an existing inventory of detailed sub-project DojoX, build tools, and DOH, unit-testing framework Dojo's that you can use with Dojo - or elsewhere If you're a DHTML-toting web developer, you need to read this book - whether you are a one person operation or part of the organization employs a number of developers.