Understanding Declarative Data Binding
Declarative data binding enables you to bind the attributes of an HTML element to the properties of a JavaScript object. You can take advantage of declarative data binding whenever you want to display data in an HTML page.
Let me start with a simple example. The page in Listing 3.5 displays product details (see Figure 3.5).
FIGURE 3.5 Showing product details with declarative data binding
LISTING 3.5 Simple Declarative Data Binding (dataBinding\dataBinding.html)
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title>Chapter03</title> <!-- WinJS references --> ...
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