[Dojo-interest] Help: Packaging & Layers

[Peter E Higgins]

> In any event, now I'm searching for how to call the dojo parser so I can
> remove parseOnLoad. I need to do that before I can load the second layer
> separately.

dojo.require("dojo.parser"); // done for you if parseOnLoad:true

dojo.parser.parse(); // parse the body, and init widgets

// parse a node as top level, and init widgets within:
var node = dojo.byId("container");
dojo.parser.parse(node);

it looks for a dojoType attribute, and creates an instance of the class passed 
to that attribute. 

in the dijit/themes/themeTester.html there is an example of how to simulate 
some kind of pre-loader, though it only defers the parsing, not 
dojo.require()'ing ... the details on dynamically injecting layers are fuzzy 
though. 

for instance, you (iirc) cant:

dojo.addOnLoad(function(){
       dojo["require"]("dijit.form.Button");
       new dijit.form.Button({});
});

in ie6, or not at least the last time i tried. 

why not have two pages? the first loading and caching the dojo.js from your 
server, the second (after login) including both the dojo.js and custom.js 
layers.  the effect is ultimately the same, minus a page refresh and 
infinitely more simple to maintain.  it may not be practical in your use 
case, but is something to consider.  That way, your landing page will preload 
styles and whatnot, so when you goto the widget-enabled pages, it's all 
cached (with proper server config...) ...

just a thought.

Regards,
Peter Higgins