Opened 17 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
#142 closed task (fixed)
Need a short "why use dojo" article.
Reported by: | Owned by: | dylan | |
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Priority: | high | Milestone: | 0.9 |
Component: | Doc parser | Version: | 0.2 |
Keywords: | toolkit, documentation | Cc: | [email protected]… |
Blocked By: | Blocking: |
Description
I'm currently trying to convince the RoundCube? webmail project (http://www.roundcube.net) to use the dojo toolkit instead of creating it's own. It's tough for me to explain all the advantages to the project's developers because I don't know enough about dojo. I believe that to gain wide acceptance and usage (which I understand is dojo's aim), you need a short article that explains what the benefits to using dojo are as opposed to developing your own ajax toolkit, or using another one.
If you guys don't have time to do this, you can just put the main points down in bullet form, and I can try to massage those into an article, but I really think a short article like this can go a long ways toward getting people to use dojo rather than reinventing the wheel.
Change History (10)
comment:1 Changed 17 years ago by
Cc: | [email protected]… added |
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comment:2 Changed 17 years ago by
We are in process of developing a AJAX framework & we are evaluating various toolkits . Anybody with inputs on how dojo compares with other toolkits including commerically available products such as backbase.
Thx, -Vinod
comment:3 Changed 16 years ago by
Milestone: | → 0.3.1 |
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Owner: | changed from anonymous to Tom Trenka |
comment:4 Changed 16 years ago by
Milestone: | 0.3.1 |
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severity: | normal → major |
Type: | defect → task |
I want this fixed, but I'm not sure that coupling it to a release makes sense. I'm pulling it off of 0.3.1 and bumping it's priority up.
comment:5 Changed 16 years ago by
I think it needs to address as separate concerns:
- Why use dojo compared to developing your own
- Why use dojo compared to other toolkits
comment:6 Changed 16 years ago by
Milestone: | → 0.4 |
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Owner: | changed from Tom Trenka to dylan |
Status: | new → assigned |
something needs to be done on this... taking ownership and blocking 0.4 on it.
comment:7 Changed 16 years ago by
FYI, in theory the chapter http://manual.dojotoolkit.org/WikiHome/DojoDotBook/BookHowDojoHelps addresses this although I think it could use some work. I read "The Dojo Way" link above but it's too philosophical for me.
There's also the section on widgets http://manual.dojotoolkit.org/WikiHome/DojoDotBook/BookWhyWidgets and http://manual.dojotoolkit.org/WikiHome/DojoDotBook/Book39
But in the end, all those sections above could use a lot of work.
comment:8 Changed 16 years ago by
Milestone: | 0.4 → 0.4.1 |
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comment:9 Changed 16 years ago by
Milestone: | 0.4.1 → 0.5 |
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comment:10 Changed 15 years ago by
Resolution: | → fixed |
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Status: | assigned → closed |
added at http://dojotoolkit.org/book/dojo-book-0-9/introduction/why-dojo. Marking fixed.
A good place to start would be The Dojo Way, though we still need a better why/FAQ.