dojo's dynamic inclusion of the logic required to render pages is great. The line dojo.require("widget"), ensures that the code required to run "widget" will be ready to run. There is a hidden cost to this - the underlying logic and requests to get t… more »

The link above is a demonstration of a dojo dijit Tri-State Checkbox Widget. It includes a nice button interface to test the properties, methods, and events of the widget, some documentation, and a link so you can download the widget and the test code.… more »

Use Firebug to get the session id off the page requests. Find the directory session files are stored in. On busy, shared servers, this is often /tmp. Check /etc/php.ini or possibly /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf. To simulate a session timeout on the serv… more »

To generate a profile.js file for dojo builds, you can use the following command string: grep dojo.require * | sed "s/dojo\.require\ *(\ *\([\'\"][^\)]*\)).*/\1/" | awk '{l=length($0);if (FNR!=1) printf "\n,%s",$0; else printf "%s",$0;}' > middle… more »

Crache - Poorly configured server caching which prevents distribution of updated files such as CSS, images, and javascript. Crached pages display poorly until the browser cache is cleared. *** This can be a very subtle problem, as developers often cl… more »