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GettingStarted

A quick guide to getting up and running with DojoCake.
Featured, Phase-Implementation

Updated May 9, 2011 by sean.c.templeton@gmail.com

Introduction

DojoCake is a library of Helpers and Components for the PHP framework CakePHP. It was originally planned to just be a JavaScript helper to replace the built-in Prototype Framework support. When CakePHP released v1.3.x, they added support for JavaScript Engines. Seeing the potential to be much more than just a JavaScript Engine, DojoCake was changed to a library to support the entire Ajax experience using the Dojo Toolkit and the CakePHP framework. DojoCake now has support for Response Protocols, XHR Requests, Complete Dojo dependency management, and Dojo Widgets.

Getting Started

The requirements to get the core of DojoCake up and running has be reduced down to 3 simple steps:

Step 1

The first one is, of course, to copy the engine file (Helpers/dojo_engine.php) into your app's helper folder (app/views/helpers).

Step 2

Configure your controllers to use the JsEngine. You must place this code in what ever controllers you want to use the Engine. If you want all controllers to use the Engine (recommended), then place this code in your app_controller.php file: $helpers = array('Js'=>array('Dojo'));

Step 3

Start up the Engine. In all the layouts you wish to use the Engine in, place this line of code in the header, specifying configuration including the Dijit theme you wish to use. The default theme is Tundra. NOTE: IT MUST BE THE FIRST CODE YOU CALL IN THE HEADER, AFTER THE TITLE.

<head>
     <title>Title Here</title>
     <?php
          $this->Js->start(array('theme'=>'soria'));
     ?>
</head>

Finished!

That's it! Now you can start using the DojoCake core. But the core is only half the library. By copying over all the helpers and components, you can harness the full potential of DojoCake!