YUI 3 Cookbook: Writing Maintainable Applications (Cookbooks

by Evan Goer

Solve a wide range of problems in your web application quickly and efficiently with the Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI). With this definitive, getting-started guide to version 3 of the popular open source JavaScript library, you’ll learn how to address many of the most common and challenging problems that web development presents. YUI 3 Cookbook introduces specific implementation patterns in the library, demonstrating granular solutions for everything from simple page effects to sophisticated web apps. Experienced users will learn how to create modules that load on demand; generate beautiful documentation; and write powerful and flexible Widgets, Models, and Views. "I was surprised to find out how much I didn't know until reading this book. There really isn't a better resource for learning or updating your YUI skills."

- Nicholas C. Zakas, Author and YUI Contributor

430 pages, Paperback

First published May 22, 2012