Browser Object Model
Webinale 2008, Germany
Alexander Back

Alexander Back
• Software Developer at 1&1 Internet AG
since 2004
• Experience with qooxdoo Application
Development Since Day 1
• Developer of Rich Text Editor Component

Introduction
• Normalizes DOM Operations
• Base for the Widget System
• Works Fully Cross Browser
• Integration Into Traditional Web Pages

Features
• Element Handling
• Event Layer
• XMLHttp Communication
• Animation

Element Handling
• DOM Element Creation
• Calculating Dimensions
• Powerful Element Styling
• Attribute & Property Handling
• Scroll & Overflow Support

Element Location
• Query Location of Elements
• Distance Between Two Elements

Event Layer
• Unified Event Objects
• Matching DOM2 Specification
• Bubbling & Capturing Phase
• Cancelable Events
• Unified Mouse & Keyboard Events
• Powerful Focus Handling

Demo
Low Level Application
API Viewer
85 Classes
37 KB gzipped

Questions?

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Animations
Webinale 2008, Germany
Jonathan Rass

Jonathan Rass
• Software Developer at 1&1 Internet AG
Since 2007
• Introduced Animation Support to qooxdoo

Useful Animation
• Enhanced User Experience
• Better Feedback
• Modern Styling

Status
• Available Since qooxdoo 0.8 Alpha 1
• Based on Widespread script.aculo.us
• Uses BOM Layer
• 14 Bundled Effects

Usage

Demo

Internals
• Core Effects
• Single Property Modified
• Combination Effects
• Several Core Effects Combined
• Transition Functions

Demo

What‘s Next
• More Effects (Morph, ...)
• More Transition Functions
• Move Effect With 2D Transition
• High Level Widget API

Questions?