Sencha Touch in Action

Sencha Touch in Action

by Jesus Garcia, Mitchell Simoens, Anthony De Moss
Released July 2013
Publisher(s): Manning Publications
ISBN: 9781617290374

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Book description

Sencha Touch in Action is the definitive guide to developing applications with Sencha Touch. You'll begin with basic design principles for building great mobile applications, and then explore the features of Sencha Touch that bring those ideas to life. You'll learn how and why objects operate in the framework as you work through several real-world examples. This book also promotes the emerging best practices for mobile web development, from widget implementation to developing an application with the Sencha Touch MVC framework. Updated for Sencha Touch 2.



About the Technology

The Sencha Touch framework makes it easy to build cross-platform mobile apps using HTML5 and JavaScript. It offers numerous features that mimic native mobile APIs and an MVC architecture that feels right at home for application developers. So you get the power and richness of native apps and the convenience of standard web tools.



About the Book

Sencha Touch in Action is a complete guide for developers of native-quality mobile Sencha Touch applications. You'll explore real-world examples as you master this impressive framework from the ground up. The book shows you good practices for mobile web development, from widget implementation to the structure of MVC applications.



What's Inside
  • Covers Sencha Touch 2
  • Build on your existing web dev skills
  • Create mobile web apps that feel like native apps
  • Extend enterprise apps to mobile clients


About the Reader

The book requires basic JavaScript skills. It assumes no experience with Sencha Touch or Ext JS.



About the Authors

Jay Garcia is a popular speaker, Sencha community advocate, and author of Ext JS in Action. Anthony De Moss is a professional web and mobile developer. Mitchell Simoens is a Sencha developer supporting the Sencha Touch and Ext JS products.



Quotes
One of the best Sencha Touch books ever!
- Loiane Groner, Citibank

A powerful mobile development handbook.
- Doug Warren, Java Web Services

Jump start your mobile web development.
- Darragh Duffy, Core International

Highly recommended!
- Pawankumar Tripathi, Infosys

Sencha Touch offers everything, including the kitchen sink. This book will show you around the kitchen.
- Tony Niemann, Zier Niemann Consulting

Product information

  • Title: Sencha Touch in Action
  • Author(s): Jesus Garcia, Mitchell Simoens, Anthony De Moss
  • Release date: July 2013
  • Publisher(s): Manning Publications
  • ISBN: 9781617290374