Kendo UI DatePicker & KO

A simple Kendo UI DatePicker bound with KnockoutJS

by toddanglin

HTML

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1407/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1407/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.3.1407/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<script src="http://demos.kendoui.com/content/web/integration/knockout-1.2.1.js"></script>
<input id="myDatePicker" data-bind="value: currentDate" />
<h2>Current Date is:<strong data-bind="text: currentDate"></strong></h2>

CSS

body{
 font:normal 1em/1.1em Arial,sans-serif;   
 padding:20px;
}

ol{
 list-style:decimal outside none;
  margin:5px 30px;  
}

h3{
 font-size:1.25em;
  font-weight:bold;  
}

JavaScript

$(function(){
    var vm = {
        currentDate: ko.observable()   
    };
        
    ko.applyBindings(vm);
        
    $("#myDatePicker").kendoDatePicker();
});