Sencha touch 1.0 mobile JavaScript framework : build web applications for Apple iOS and Google Android touchscreen devices with this first HTML5 mobile framework

316 Pages·2012·6.13 MB·English

by  Narasimha Rao

Sencha Touch Mobile
JavaScript Framework
Build web applications for Apple iOS and Google
Android touchscreen devices with this first HTML5
mobile framework
John E. Clark
Bryan P. Johnson
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework
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Credits
Authors Project Coordinator
John E. Clark Michelle Quadros
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Reviewer
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About the Authors
John E. Clark holds a Master's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction from
Georgia Tech and an undergraduate degree in Music Engineering from Georgia
State University. John and his co-author, Bryan Johnson, worked together
at MindSpring, and later EarthLink, starting out in technical support and
documentation, before moving into application development, and finally,
management of a small development team. After leaving Earthlink in 2002, John
began working independently as a consultant and programmer, before starting
Twelve Foot Guru, LLC, with Bryan, in 2005.
John has been working with Sencha Touch since the first early beta releases. He
has also worked with Sencha's ExtJS since the early days, when it was still known
as YUI-Ext.
When he is not buried in code, John spends his time woodworking, playing guitar,
and brewing his own beer.
I would like to thank my family for all of their love and support.
I would also like to thank Bryan for his help, his patience, and his
continued faith in our efforts.
Bryan P. Johnson is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Bryan went to work
for MindSpring Enterprises in late 1995, where he met his co-author John Clark.
At MindSpring, and later Earthlink, for over seven years, Bryan served in multiple
positions, including Director of System Administration and Director of Internal
Application Development. After leaving Earthlink, Bryan took some time off to
travel before joining John in starting Twelve Foot Guru.
Bryan has worked with Sencha's products since the early days of YUI-Ext and has
used Sencha Touch since its first betas.
I would like to thank my family for their support and my co-author
John for his patience during the creation of this book.
About the Reviewer
Dave Kinsella has been a professional web developer since 1996. Over the years,
he has worked with many different technologies on projects ranging from public
websites and web applications to large intranet content management systems. He
has never considered himself to be a specialist in any particular field other than the
general topic of "Web Technology" and spends a lot of his spare time trying out new
ideas and techniques. Many of these can be found on his blog at webdeveloper2.com.
Dave is currently employed by Quantiv Limited, as the Head of Interactive
Design, where he designs and builds flexible web-based interfaces for complex
data-processing applications, using ExtJS and Sencha Touch.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Let's Begin with Sencha Touch! 7
Frameworks 8
Building from a foundation 10
Building with a plan 11
Building with a community 12
Mobile application framework 12
Native application versus web application 12
Web-based mobile frameworks 14
Web frameworks and touch 16
Designing applications for mobile and touch 17
Why touch? 18
Getting started with Sencha Touch 18
The API 19
Examples 20
The Kitchen Sink application 20
Learn 21
Forums 21
Setting up your development environment 21
Set up web sharing on Mac OSX 22
Install a web server on Microsoft Windows 23
Download and install the Sencha Touch framework 24
Additional tools for developing with Sencha Touch 25
Safari Web Inspector 25
Other Sencha products 26
Sencha Animator 26
Sencha.io 27
Sencha Touch Charts 27
RemoteJS and EventRecorder 28