contents

preface
acknowledgments
about this book
about the title
about the cover illustration

Part 1 The basics

1 Turbocharging web technology: 1.1 Laszlo is for designing and building RIAs; 1.2 A first taste of Laszlo LZX 12; 1.3 Deploying a Laszlo application; 1.4 Summary
2 The declarative world of LZX: 2.1 Architectural support; 2.2 LZX classes; 2.3 The fundamentals of tags; 2.4 Summary
3 Core LZX language rules: 3.1 Core LZX language rules; 3.2 Learning LZX Basics; 3.3 Creating object hierarchies; 3.4 Storing values in attributes; 3.5 Methods and event handlers; 3.6 Declarative constraints; 3.7 JavaScript and the script tag; 3.8 Summary
4 A grand tour of views and user classes: 4.1 Introducing the basic features of views; 4.2 Interacting with a view 98; 4.3 Locating views; 4.4 Instantiating LFC-based objects; 4.5 User-defined classes; 4.6 Summary
5 Designing the Laszlo Market: 5.1 Prototyping our application; 5.2 Coding the prototype; 5.3 Configuring the checkout screen; 5.4 Central control of screen display; 5.5 Refactoring our code; 5.6 Testing with LzUnit; 5.7 Putting it all together; 5.8 Summary

Part 2 Prototyping the Laszlo Market

6 Laying out the Laszlo Market: 6.1 Common layout problems; 6.2 Creating custom layouts; 6.3 Laying out forms; 6.4 Summary
7 Introducing Laszlo components: 7.1 Base component classes; 7.2 Building a multipage window; 7.3 Validating input fields; 7.4 Summary
8 Dynamic behavior of events and delegates: 8.1 Exploring event-handler and constraint operation; 8.2 Adding dynamic behavior; 8.3 Using delegates with layouts; 8.4 Dynamically adding attributes; 8.5 Handling complex behavior with attribute setters; 8.6 Summary
9 Using Laszlo services: 9.1 Overview of services; 9.2 Different ways to use a service; 9.3 Building a stopwatch; 9.4 Demonstrating services with a login window example; 9.5 Building a drag-and-drop network; 9.6 Summary

10 Working with XML datasets: 10.1 Introducing XML-based datasets; 10.2 Matching multiple data elements; 10.3 Sorting datasets; 10.4 Prototyping datasets for the Laszlo Market; 10.5 Prototyping with grids; 10.6 Summary
11 Using dynamic dataset bindings: 11.1 Linking data nodes and data pointers; 11.2 The LzDataNode classes; 11.3 Navigating with LzDatapointer and LzDatapath; 11.4 Advanced replication manager issues; 11.5 Master-detail design pattern; 11.6 Summary
12 Scoreboarding the shopping cart: 12.1 How a scoreboard works; 12.2 Reimplementing the Product List window; 12.3 Building the scoreboarding shopping cart; 12.4 Summary

13 Enhancing the user experience: 13.1 Animating transitions; 13.2 Building resizable buttons; 13.3 Modal windows and button interactivity; 13.4 Basics of animation; 13.5 Complex animated effects; 13.6 Summary
14 Branding an application: 14.1 Creating an application-specific look; 14.2 Branding with custom components; 14.3 Summary
15 Integrating DHTML and Flash: 15.1 Advantages of a hybrid approach; 15.2 Using an HTML wrapper; 15.3 Intermixing DHTML and Flash applications; 15.4 Calling browser JavaScript from Laszlo; 15.5 Calling Flash from Laszlo; 15.6 Embedding HTML in Laszlo; 15.7 Working with video; 15.8 Summary

16 Networked data sources: 16.2 Interfacing to web servers; 16.3 Accessing sessioned data; 16.4 Maintaining server domains; 16.5 Summary
17 Managing large datasets: 17.1 Processing with alternative filters; 17.2 Optimizing data display; 17.3 Paging datasets for long listings; 17.4 Summary
18 Laszlo system optimization: 18.1 Dynamically loading optional elements; 18.2 Optimizing critical elements; 18.3 Reducing the Market’s startup time; 18.4 Performance utilities; 18.5 Summary