Dojo 0.9 M2 Released

Dietrich Kappe, Monday, May 21, 2007 @ 4:22 am

Alex Russell and co. have released Milestone 2 (pre-Beta) of Dojo 0.9. Dojo isn't just any old Ajax toolkit. As Dion pointed out over at Ajaxian,

It is wrong to think of Dojo as an Ajax toolkit. It is more akin to a stdlib for JavaScript, as it is so many modules that are very broad indeed.

What's in the release? From the post:

Here's what's new and awesome in M2:

• Dijit has landed! Holy cow is it fast. Stay tuned for themes and more widgets.
• Layered builds. Slice and dice your builds any way you like to achieve maximum performance
• Style code is now even faster
• Lots of new modules, bug fixes, and quality APIs

Also, the build system has been slimmed down:

Also, note that the build system no longer needs Ant. Here's the 2-line way to build the default profile:

%> cd dojo_0.9/util/buildscripts%> java -jar lib/custom_rhino.jar build.js action=release profile=0.9...

The biggest hoopla is, of course, the new Dijit widget system. Blazing performance, according to their benchmarks.

 
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1. Recent Ajax Framework Releases/Developments
2. An Interview with Dojo Creator Alex Russell, Part II
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4. Ext JS 1.1 Released
5. ZK 3.0 Released

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