May 28, 2015
As Views become more and more complex, the View becomes less about displaying model data, and more about interactions. These interactions tend to be chunks of logic that need to be used in multiple views. In Dovetail Agent and Dovetail SelfService, Marionette Behaviors are used to apply this logic to view elements. What is a Behavior? In the Dovetail applications, there are behaviors that apply code to elements and patterns that are repeated frequently. One of the best examples in Dovetail Agent is the Date Picker. The Date Picker behavior sets up a date picker control for each element that contains a 'date-picker' class. The value of the picker is synced to the view's model with the attribute being the same name as the id of the picker. What that means is that for any input field in a form…
Dovetail Agent Behaviors
May 28, 2015
As Views become more and more complex, the View becomes less about displaying model data, and more about interactions. These interactions tend to be chunks of logic that need to be used in multiple views. In Dovetail Agent and Dovetail SelfService, Marionette Behaviors are used to apply this logic to view elements. What is a Behavior? In the Dovetail applications, there are behaviors that apply code to elements and patterns that are repeated frequently. One of the best examples in Dovetail Agent is the Date Picker. The Date Picker behavior sets up a date picker control for each element that contains a 'date-picker' class. The value of the picker is synced to the view's model with the attribute being the same name as the id of the picker. What that means is that for any input field in a form…
May 16, 2007
I am a lucky nerd. I work at a great company that believes in continual personal development and investing in their employees. Dovetail sent me to DevTeach and I am having a blast. The quality of the talks and general braininess quotient is very high. Excellent conversations in a lovely city. I got here Sunday night and Scott was kind enough to introduce me to little known Canadian traditions and playing tour guide around Old Montreal. This city is amazing and beautiful and vibrant and invokes wonder. Pre Conference I attended the Monday Pre-Conference workshop(s). I actually sat in on both Design and Optimization Best-Practices with SQL Server 2005 and Introduction to .NET 3.0 workshop both speakers were good and knowledgeable. In hind-sight it would have been better for me to have stuck with the SQL content. Nothing against Kevin McNeish's .Net chops, but I had been exposed to…