Dive Into Dojo Series: Dive Into Dojo GFX

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I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about my latest Dive Into Dojo post: Dive Into Dojo GFX!

It's well known that Dojo's DojoX collection is a treasure trove of enterprise-ready, advanced widgets and JavaScript classes that allow you to accomplish difficult tasks with relative ease. One of DojoX's most powerful features is GFX. Let's dive into what GFX is, how to create feature-rich vector drawings with GFX, and how you can start creating vector graphics with GFX today!

Be sure to check it out!

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Discussion

  1. zhang

    how to get the coordination of the group? For a shape, i can use shape.x and shape.y, but group.x and group.y is undefine.

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