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| # YUI 3 Cookbook Table of Contents | |
| ## YUI BASICS | |
| ### Put YUI on the Page | |
| * Load YUI | |
| * Load debug builds | |
| * Load locally hosted builds | |
| * Load a YUI 2 widget | |
| * Load Gallery components | |
| * Load custom files | |
| * Load submodules for the smallest footprint | |
| * Load YUI into a frame | |
| * On-demand module loading | |
| * Predictive module loading on user interaction | |
| * Handle errors for modules that are not loaded | |
| * Fallback for modules that are not loaded | |
| * Synchronous loading | |
| * Add custom loader metadata | |
| * Explore the use() callback's second argument | |
| ### Access & Modify the DOM | |
| * Get element references | |
| * Get and modify element properties | |
| * Work with element collections | |
| * Create new elements | |
| * Position elements | |
| * Learn expert DOM tips and tricks | |
| ### UI Effects & Interactions | |
| * Hide an element | |
| * Fade an element in/out | |
| * Move an element across the page | |
| * Resize an element by clicking a "minimize" icon | |
| * Dragging an element | |
| * Drag-and-drop list reordering | |
| - Simple plugin | |
| - dd class | |
| - Complex plugin | |
| - dd plugin | |
| * Apply styles with class management | Matt | |
| ### Events | |
| * Respond to user actions | |
| * Respond to page lifecycle events | |
| * Respond to other kinds of events | |
| * Set scope/context for event handler (Y.bind) | |
| * Create your own "synthetic events" | |
| - Handle click & double click simultaneously (on same element) | |
| * Bring HTML5 event to older browsers (synthetic event) | |
| * Create a new gesture: dbl-flip-pike | |
| * Event bubbling and delegation techniques | |
| - manual | |
| - selector filtering with event-delegate | |
| - function filtering with event-delegate | |
| * Ways to detach events (50 ways to leave your hover) | |
| * Group subscriptions for detach | |
| ### AJAX | |
| * Add/update/remove content in an element | |
| * Add new elements with AJAX | |
| * Get data asynchronously | |
| * Get JSON content using script nodes (JSONP) | |
| * YQL | |
| * IO XDR | |
| * Handling markup vs JSONP | |
| * Build a custom IO transport (NodeJS) | |
| * Build a custom IO transport (on the client) | |
| * Submit data to a server w/form serialization | |
| * Uploading a file | |
| * Error handling during data transport | |
| ## CSS | |
| * Normalize Browser Inconsistencies (Reset, Base, Fonts) | |
| - Reset all page styles | |
| - Rebuild uniform base styles | |
| - Apply font treatments | |
| * Layout Content (Grids) | |
| - Display content in CSS-based Grids | |
| ## DATA MANAGEMENT | |
| * Datasource, Datatype, DataSchema | |
| - Querying Data using Datasource | |
| + Get | |
| + IO | |
| + Local | |
| + Custom Function | |
| - Caching and Polling from a remote source | |
| - Creating Schemas for different data structures | |
| + XML | |
| + JSON | |
| + Delimited Text | |
| - Parsing Data returned by a Datasource | |
| - Normalizing Data | |
| * Work with User Data | |
| - Forms (validation, etc.) | |
| - Read and write user cookies | |
| - Store data on the client | |
| * THC's Top 3 YQL coolest features (aggregating data ?) | |
| * 5 data type recipes | |
| ## WIDGETS | |
| * Create a Twitter status widget that doesn't break when Twitter is down | |
| * Overlays | |
| - Creating a Basic Overlay | |
| - Adding DD Functionality to an Overlay | |
| - Overlay with Remote Content | |
| - Styling an Overlay | |
| * Sliders | |
| * TabView | |
| * Charts | |
| - Simple Chart | |
| - Customized Simple Chart | |
| - Complex Chart | |
| - Build a Chart Application | |
| * Graphics (drawing) | |
| * AutoComplete | |
| - Attach an AutoComplete List widget to an input field | |
| - Fetch results from a local DataSource | |
| - Fetch results from a local function | |
| - Fetch results from a remote DataSource | |
| - Use a result filter | |
| - Create a custom result filter | |
| - Create a custom result formatter | |
| * TabView | |
| * Separate strings for L10N | |
| * Bidi your widget | |
| * Creating a Tooltip (overlay) | |
| * Create a Lightbox (overlay) | |
| * Target: 5 recipes for each widget | |
| * Mobile | |
| ## UTILITIES | |
| * Language Helpers | |
| - Detect a variable's type | |
| - Guarantee object value type - what does this mean? I think this means "type validation" | |
| - Iteration | |
| + Iterate over an Array (Y.Array.each/some) | |
| + Iterate over an Object (Y.Object.each/some) | |
| + Array Collections (?) | |
| + NodeList | |
| - Use Array extras | |
| - Use Object extras | |
| - Dynamic string substitution (y.substitute/Y.Lang.sub) | |
| - Templating with HTML_PARSER/Y.Substitute | |
| * Application Development | |
| - Manage history and back button | |
| - HTML5 history with custom URLs | |
| - Support multiple languages and locales | |
| - Component Manager | |
| * Form Utilities | |
| - Checkbox Groups | |
| - Form | |
| - FormManager | |
| - FormValidator | |
| - Nav keys | |
| - Textarea Tab Control | |
| - Use the valueChange event for more reliable input field change notifications | |
| * Miscellaneous | |
| - YUI 3 Uploader | |
| ## UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY | |
| * Progressive Enhancement | |
| - Preventing the flash of unstyled content | |
| - Building custom controls | |
| + Working with the grain | |
| + Recipe/Solution: Custom checkboxes | |
| * ARIA | |
| - ARIA Overview | |
| + Explanation of the problem | |
| - Applying roles, states and properties using YUI3 | |
| - ARIA use cases | |
| + Forms: Building more accessible forms | |
| + Page layout: Using YUI3 grids with ARIA | |
| + Widgets | |
| + Keyboard access | |
| * Keyboard access | |
| - Keyboard Navigation: | |
| + Overview: | |
| * Improving navigation by reducing tab stops | |
| * The importance of styling focus | |
| + Introduction to Focus Manager | |
| + Recipe/Solution: Using the FocusManager to build an accessible toolbar | |
| + Recipe/Solution: Using the FocusManager to build an accessible menu button | |
| - Keyboard Shortcuts: | |
| + Overview: the importance of keyboard shortcuts | |
| + Keyboard shortcuts made easy: Introduction to "key" events in YUI3 | |
| + Recipe/Solution: Building an accessible dialog | |
| * Using the "key" event | |
| * Enforcing modality via the "focus" event | |
| - Device Independence | |
| + Overview: Common problems | |
| + Device Independent Events: focus and click | |
| * How focus and blur are more robust in YUI3 | |
| + Recipe/Solution: Building a list control with sub controls that appear in response to both :hover and :focus | |
| - Performance | |
| + Deferring features until a control is activated | |
| - Touch navigation | |
| - Other mobile best practices | |
| ## INFRASTRUCTURE | |
| * Organize your code | |
| * Write reusable code | |
| * Class Management (Attribute, Base, Widget, Plugin, Extension) | |
| - Work with class hierarchies | |
| - Create a base-based component (state in base, attribute use) | |
| - Write your own widget | |
| - Write your own plugin | |
| - Write your own extension | |
| - Skin widget X | |
| - Widget parent/child | |
| - Override renderUI() for your own view | |
| - Plugin that messes with the host / leaves host alone | |
| - Y.doBefore / Y.doAfter | |
| - How to listen for / subscribe to a method | |
| * Build YUI (i.e., builder) | |
| * Build custom YUI Modules | |
| ## PROFESSIONAL TOOLS | |
| * Enable debug logging to the Console | |
| * Write a unit test | |
| * Organize unit tests into suites | |
| * Testing event handlers / event simulation | |
| * Mocking objects | |
| * Async test using wait | |
| * Display test result in Reporter | |
| * Submitting test results to the server | |
| * Test swarm / Selenium / CI | |
| * Pre-commit testing / Yeti | |
| * Testing on mobile devices | |
| * Compress your code | |
| - Web interface | |
| - Command line | |
| - Write compressible code | |
| * Document code | |
| ## CONTRIBUTE | |
| * Submit a bug | |
| * Request a feature | |
| * Work with the latest build | |
| * Determine release content | |
| * Determine ticket status | |
| * Set up Git environment | |
| * Push code changes to GitHub | |
| * Contribute a bug fix/patch | |
| * Publish a component to Gallery | |
| * Become more active in the YUI community | |
Awesome! I'm certainly open to suggestions on additions & modifications. Also keep an eye out in the yuilibrary forums for future raw sample chapters & sections.
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Oh bring it! Based on the TOC, I can't wait. :)