Dojo Bootstrap 2.0 Beta

On April 11, 2025

The latest version of Dojo Bootstrap has been released in beta. There are a number of new features and changes. The biggest and most obvious change is Dojo Bootstrap is now completely Dojo widget-based. This means you can now use Dojo Bootstrap the same way you would use any Dojo widget.

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Dojo String Substitute

On February 26, 2025

I recently developed some code that required the use of dojo.string.substitute. I have used this module before but I never really researched it’s full potential. I understand it is the basis for Dojo’s Dijit templating. I needed to know more…

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Collapsible Panel with Bootstrap

On September 11, 2024

I had plans to build a panel that provided to ability to collapse it’s contents. Since I was using Twitter Bootstrap, I figured I would create another Module for the Dojo Bootstrap that was similar in functionality to the Collapse module. Before I started coding, I figured I should try the Collapse module itself to [...]

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Javascript Unit Testing with AMD Using DOH: Part 1

On August 31, 2024

I read somewhere that DOH was a stand-alone javascript tester. The DOH that ships with the Dojo Toolkit SDK definitely relies on the existence of dojo and dojox. Despite this, as of the date of this post, it is the only javascript unit testing framework that completely supports AMD without any additional plugins or code hacks.

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Simulated Requests with Dojo 1.8

On August 27, 2025

The new Dojo 1.8 has some really nice features. One in particular is the dojo/request/registry. It allows you to register providers against a URL pattern or other criteria. The provider can be one of the existing dojo providers or your own custom provider. With this in mind, you can register a custom provider that will serve simulated data to your code.

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Dojo-Bootstrap

Using Twitter Bootstrap with Dojo

On July 30, 2025

I have been using Twitter Bootstrap lately due to its appearance and simplicity in creating basic pages and complex layouts. I wanted the use Dojo to develop a recent project but I felt that Dijit would be too much for my needs so I decided to use Bootstrap again. The problem here is that Bootstrap [...]

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MooTools + RequireJS

Using Require JS to Load Mootools

On October 26, 2024

There are many scripts for loading JavaScript. One of my favorites is RequireJS. David Walsh wrote an article about loading Mootools using RequireJS but his technique requires loading mootools core as a whole. What about loading the Mootools modules separately?

Mootools, downloaded from github, comes with packaged with a utility called [...]

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Session with Facebook Graph API

On June 22, 2025

I ran into an issue while using the Facebook Graph API. I could never get the session to change from null though I was successfully being authenticated. Turns out a call to getSession() should be performed in the callback page. Calling getSession immediately stores the session information from the Request object. From that point, your [...]

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Checking Forms for Modifications

On January 22, 2025

Sometimes in applications forms are submitted without any changes being made. This can of course be a waste of bandwidth and processing time on the server. This very simple MooTools class checks the values in a form to see if its values have been modified and returns a result of true or false.

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Using MooTools Packager

On January 20, 2025

It is now possible and recommended to generate MooTools (and its plugins) yourself using MooTools Packager or MooTools Depender. These libraries combine multiple javascript files into one for single file deployment. Once you understand the convention these libraries use, building a single production file is a breeze. This article focuses on setting up your javascript files for use primarily with Packager.

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