Use Knockout.js to design and build dynamic client-side web applications that are extremely responsive and easy to maintain. This example-driven book shows you how to use this lightweight JavaScript framework and its Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern. You';ll learn how to build your own data bindings, extend the framework with reusable functions, and work with a server to enhance your client-side application with persistence. In the final chapter, you';ll build a shopping cart to see how everything fits together.If you';re a web developer with experience in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, you';re ready for Knockout.Learn how to create a ViewModelBind HTML data and attributes, and CSS classes and stylesUnderstand data binding in Knockout';s context hierarchyUse properties that change dynamically through user interactionWork with forms by using several different bindingsBind multiple ViewModels on a single pageExtend or attach custom functions to observablesPerform server-side interactions with jQueryMap a JavaScript object or apply JSON data to a new object