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Sencha Touch 2 Up and Running: Building Enterprise Cross-Platform Mobile Web Applications
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
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
284 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 2013
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March 5, 2013
I have tried reasonably hard over the past year to learn how to write apps with Sencha Touch and have bought two other books and digested handfuls of online video to get me there, but with very little luck. There was always two or more dots left unjoined. Until I read (then quickly re-read) this book.
What was beautiful about this book was the build up... a bit of history (the "how we got here" is great stage-setter) then an explanation of the fundamentals and core elements. However, instead of pure programmer instructions so typical of these types of books, Adrian continues to disarmingly open the door a little more in every chapter. At the end you know where the walls and doors are, which way is up, where everything is placed and why it's there for Sencha Touch 2.
The author is clearly comfortable with the subject matter and could have easily come across "professor-like" in his instruction. Instead, his passion for the framework shines through in his writing and makes it easy to get excited about what you can do with Sencha Touch when you're done with the book.
I wish more frameworks had a book like this accompanying them. This is the ideal reference for digging deep with Sencha Touch 2.
What was beautiful about this book was the build up... a bit of history (the "how we got here" is great stage-setter) then an explanation of the fundamentals and core elements. However, instead of pure programmer instructions so typical of these types of books, Adrian continues to disarmingly open the door a little more in every chapter. At the end you know where the walls and doors are, which way is up, where everything is placed and why it's there for Sencha Touch 2.
The author is clearly comfortable with the subject matter and could have easily come across "professor-like" in his instruction. Instead, his passion for the framework shines through in his writing and makes it easy to get excited about what you can do with Sencha Touch when you're done with the book.
I wish more frameworks had a book like this accompanying them. This is the ideal reference for digging deep with Sencha Touch 2.
July 8, 2013
After going through numerous online examples and books on the subject, i can honestly say , this is a must read book. Author has tackled the subject so nicely in simple, easy to understand language, i highly recommend it....Good work.
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