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dojo
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====
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This is the foundation package for the Dojo 1 Toolkit. While still being maintained, new development is focused on Dojo 2.
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Checkout the [Dojo 2 website](https://dojo.io/) or if you want a more detailed technical status and overview, checkout [`dojo/meta`](https://github.com/dojo/meta).
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This package is sometimes
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referred to as the “core”, it contains the most generally applicable sub-packages
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and modules. The dojo package covers a wide range of functionality like Ajax, DOM
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manipulation, class-type programming, events, promises, data stores,
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drag-and-drop and internationalization libraries.
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Installing
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----------
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Installation instructions are available at
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[dojotoolkit.org/download](<http://dojotoolkit.org/download/>).
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Getting Started
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---------------
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If you are starting out with Dojo, the following resources are available to you:
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- [Tutorials](<http://dojotoolkit.org/documentation/>)
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- [Reference Guide](<http://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/>)
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- [API Documentation](<http://dojotoolkit.org/api/>)
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- [Community Forum](<http://dojotoolkit.org/community/>)
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What to Use Dojo For and When to Use It
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The following is a brief sampling of some of the areas where Dojo may prove to
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be the right tool for your next project:
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- For keeping your code fast and maintainable, Dojo offers an asynchronous
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module definition (AMD) loader -- encapsulating pieces of code into useful
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units, loading small JavaScript files only when they are needed, and loading
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files separately even when they are dependent on one another.
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- When you want to easily extend existing classes, share functionality among a
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number of classes, and maximize code reuse, Dojo provides class-like
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inheritance and “mixins.”
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- For creating advanced and customizable user interfaces out of refined,
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efficient, and modular pieces, Dojo’s Dijit framework offers several dozen
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enterprise-ready widgets -- including buttons, textboxes, form widgets with
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built-in validation, layout elements, and much more -- along with themes to
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lend them a consistent look. All of this is available for mobile
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environments as well.
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- For working with advanced vector graphics, Dojo’s GFX API can render
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graphics in a wide variety of formats, with support for seamless
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manipulation (skewing, rotating, resizing), gradients, responding to mouse
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events, and more.
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- The `dojox/charting` library supports powerful data visualization and
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dynamic charting, including a variety of 2D plots and animated charting
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elements.
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- When you need feature-rich, lightweight, and mobile-friendly grids/tables,
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Dojo offers the `dgrid` widget, along with customizable default themes and
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accompanying features such as in-cell editing, row/cell selection, column
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resizing/reordering, keyboard handling, pagination, and more.
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- Dojo is the officially supported framework for the ArcGIS API for
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JavaScript, one of the most widely used enterprise-grade APIs for web
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mapping and spatial analysis -- learning to use Dojo will open doors to
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creating richer web mapping applications using that API.
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License and Copyright
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---------------------
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The Dojo Toolkit (including this package) is dual licensed under BSD 3-Clause
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and AFL. For more information on the license please see the [License
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Information](<http://dojotoolkit.org/license>). The Dojo Toolkit is Copyright
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(c) 2005-2017, JS Foundation. All rights reserved.
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