Building Web Apps using Dojo with Michael Van Sickle
Carl and Richard talk to Michael Van Sickle about developing web applications using the Dojo Toolkit. Not heard of it? You're not alone, but Dojo has been around since 2006! Michael talks about Dojo's focus on backward compatibility, making sure that web applications built with the framework continue to function as HTML, Javascript and CSS evolve. Heck, Dojo started before HTML 5 browsers were even available! If you're concerned about the longevity of your web applications, you should check out Dojo.
Guests:
Michael Van Sickle
Mike is an application architect for Sterling Jewelers in Akron, Ohio. He started his career as a mechanical engineer, in the automotive industry, before changing to software engineering. He is passionate about learning new programming languages and is comfortable working in JavaScript, C#, Java, PHP, and F#. Recently, Mike has been accepted as an author for Pluralsight where he hopes to help others learn about the Dojo Toolkit and other open source technologies. When he is not writing code, Mike loves to go camping and take long walks with his wife and two girls.
Links:
- Routing in ASP.NET MVC 5 / WebAPI 2 http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/774807/Attribute-Routing-in-ASP-NET-MVC-WebAPI
- Ducksboard https://ducksboard.com/
- Dojo Toolkit http://dojotoolkit.org/
- SitePen Testing for Dojo http://www.sitepen.com/blog/2014/02/18/dojo-automated-testing-improvements-updating-to-intern/
- GoldieBlox http://www.goldieblox.com/
- Dojo Toolkit on GitHub https://github.com/dojo/
- Dojo API Documentation http://dojotoolkit.org/api/