Summary

After reading this chapter, you should:

  • Be able to use dojo.query to universally find nodes in the page

  • Have a basic understanding of CSS selector syntax

  • Be familiar with NodeList s and recognize the various mappings that hold to other functions such as the Array utilities that the toolkit offers

  • Be able to chain together the results from NodeList methods to cleanly and rapidly process DOM elements

  • Be aware that it's possible to hack NodeList and instead opt to use other utilities in the toolkit

  • Be able to use NodeList s to place DOM nodes, handle animations, set up connections, and manage style

  • Understand the value in extending NodeList with custom operations so as to minimize the effort in processing the results from dojo.query

  • Be aware of the benefits from decoupling DOM events from an HTML placeholder and how you can achieve this via the behavior module

A discussion of internationalization is coming up next.

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