Comments on: Ask Satyam — and Be Eligible for a Free Copy of the New YUI 2.8 Book from Packt

By: Eric Miraglia

Eric Miraglia — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:41:29 +0000

Satyam has selected his questions for the Ask Satyam series: http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/08/04/ask-satyam-upcoming-tutorials/ . Thanks to all who asked questions.

By: Patrick Santana

Patrick Santana — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:13:08 +0000

Hi Satyam,

I would like to see some comparison with others frameworks. Currently I’m using GWT with EXT. We have plans for the next project to use YUI.

Thanks,
Patrick

By: Marco Mariani

Marco Mariani — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:10:58 +0000

How do you configure jslint, and how does your style/subset of the language differ from Crockford’s Good Parts?

By: JoeDev

JoeDev — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:48:47 +0000

Hi Satyam,
You have been an invaluable help to many developers using YUI, both those wholly new to yui and those trying to leverage new widgets.

First of all, Thank You!

Second, perhaps you could compile a top 10 do’s and don’ts as well as outline the methodology you apply when trying to debug when things don’t seem work as you would expect.

Best, Joe

By: Karan Chadha

Karan Chadha — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:13:56 +0000

Sir,

I am struggling with datatable and its various client side sorting techniques. Still not able to sort a date field in chronological order, I have tried many of your suggested ways and also the tricks of other coders.

I would love to have an explanation on this topic.

By: Alvin Wang

Alvin Wang — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:37:05 +0000

How to write Yahoo Application Platform apps using YUI.

By: Kevin Hakanson

Kevin Hakanson — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:40:25 +0000

I'd like to see an a more in depth example of using the YUI loader for larger sets of non-YUI content thanYUI 2: YUI Loader Utility provides. This would include a more complex set of custom modules and widgets and how to configure them for development/debug use as well as for build/deploy use where files might be combined. It would be from the perspective of starting with YUI, and adding all custom javascript into to mix.

By: Satyam

Satyam — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:51:31 +0000

Bryan:

My example of NestedDataTable has now become obsolete since there is a better version for such two level nesting:

http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/04/14/treeble-using-nested-yui-2-datasources-for-row-expansion/

You need version 2.8 of DataTable to make it work, because there was an issue with earlier versions which I patched with my NestedDataTable, but that is no longer needed.

Also, the Row Expansion example has been fixed from its first release:

http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/datatable/dt_rowexp_basic.html

The rowExpansionTemplate configuration attribute can be set to a function which may create another DataTable and that one may contain further ones. While TreeBle is designed for two levels, you are in full control with rowExpansionTemplate.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:23:52 +0000

The YUI 2.8 Event Utility offers a very flexible and easy way to develop event-driven applications, (primarily) using the delegation method. This also leads to the effective break-down of a complex application into a more simplified one made up of various components.

This is indeed a great feature, but what more does event delegation give over simply using custom even handlers, which essentially can provide the same functionality?

By: Bryan Kane

Bryan Kane — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:02:38 +0000

I would enjoy seeing a tutorial on multiple tiers of his NestedDataTable. Say up to 20 tiers (I’d probably only use up to 4 or 5 in real life).

(see: http://www.satyam.com.ar/yui/2.8.0/nested1.html)