Sencha Touch 2 Up and Running: Building Enterprise Cross-Platform Mobile Web Applications

by Adrian Kosmaczewski

Overview

Launch into Sencha Touch 2 with this hands-on book, and quickly learn how to develop robust mobile web apps that look and behave like native applications. Using numerous code samples, author Adrian Kosmaczewski guides you every step of the way through this touchscreen-enabled JavaScript framework—from creating your first basic app to debugging, testing, and deploying a finished product.

Learn how to craft user interfaces, build forms, and manage data, then deploy as either an HTML5 offline app or as a native app for Android, iOS, or Blackberry.

• Define classes and create instances with Sencha Touch’s object-oriented abstraction
• Build user interfaces with the framework’s extensive set of high-level components
• Develop apps that consume complex data, whether it’s stored locally or on remote servers
• Organize your application code in a consistent, predictable, and maintainable way
• Use Sass stylesheets to craft a personalized look and feel for your app
• Debug, test, and document your app with WebKit Web Inspector, Jasmine, Siesta, and JSDuck
• Use the Sencha Architect UI designer and IDE to simplify complex project development

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449339388
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/27/2013
Pages:	281
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Adrian Kosmaczewski has been working as an iOS developer since 2008. Before that, he was a web developer working with classic ASP since 1996, ASP.NET, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Django, and more. He runs a consulting and training business in Oron-la-Ville, Switzerland. He has a degree of Master of Science in Information Technology from the University of Liverpool.

Table of Contents

Dedication; Preface; Intended Audience; Structure of this Book; Code of the Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Getting Started; 1.1 What Is Sencha Touch?; 1.2 Installing the Developer Environment; 1.3 Sencha Touch Distribution; 1.4 Creating a New Application; 1.5 Sencha Touch Documentation System; 1.6 Conclusion; Chapter 2: The Class System; 2.1 Architectural Considerations; 2.2 Understanding the Class System; 2.3 Foundation Utilities; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter 3: Views; 3.1 Components, Containers, and Panels; 3.2 Component Library Catalog; 3.3 Creating Views; 3.4 Conclusion; Chapter 4: Data; 4.1 Model Classes; 4.2 Stores and Proxies; 4.3 Data-Bound Controls; 4.4 Conclusion; Chapter 5: Forms; 5.1 Form Panels; 5.2 Fieldsets; 5.3 Field Types; 5.4 Using Data with Forms; 5.5 Conclusion; Chapter 6: Controllers; 6.1 Director of the Orchestra; 6.2 Creating a Controller; 6.3 Initialization; 6.4 Routing and Deep-Linking; 6.5 Conclusion; Chapter 7: Styling Applications; 7.1 Using the Default Sencha Styles; 7.2 Introduction to Sass; 7.3 Using Sass in Sencha Touch; 7.4 Sencha Touch Sass Parameters; 7.5 Conclusion; Chapter 8: Debugging, Testing, and Documenting; 8.1 Debugging; 8.2 Testing; 8.3 Documenting Your Code with JSDuck; 8.4 Tips for Quality Sencha Touch Apps; 8.5 Conclusion; Chapter 9: Sencha Architect; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Creating a Simple Application; 9.3 Conclusion; Chapter 10: Deployment in Devices; 10.1 Using Profiles; 10.2 Using Device Features; 10.3 Packaging with Sencha Cmd; 10.4 Packaging with Sencha Architect; 10.5 Conclusion; Chapter 11: Conclusion; Index; Colophon;