Just a month ago Dojo 1.2 was released.  I was following news about Dojo Toolkit since version 0.1 at 2005.  Now at 2008, it reaches version 1.2.

I recently started a new job with front end work with Dojo Toolkit.  I would have to dive deep into the source code this time.  Perhaps even making code contribution to Dojo Toolkit.  That would be very exciting.  I have experience using open source software but never really know how code contribution works.  From what I know so far, every open source project is different.

It is also a nice chance for me to develop heavily using Dynamic Languages like JavaScript.  Coming from a background with more C/C++/Java then perl/python, “strongly typed” is my stronger point.  It never hurts to balance things out.  Besides, it is also around the time when JavaScript finally gaining traction for being a language that can do serious work.  Instead of just a language for adding small “tricks” to a website.