Learning Extjs - Softcover

Méndez, Carlos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784394386 ISBN 13: 9781784394387

Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

Create powerful web applications with the new and improved Ext JS 5 library

About This Book

• Explore the essentials of application development in Ext JS 5 and work on real-world web applications
• Discover the new features of Ext JS 5 such as MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) and data binding and avoid writing “glue code”
• A step-by-step guide to learning the exciting new features of EXT JS 5 library

Who This Book Is For

If you are a JavaScript developer who now wants to use the Ext JS framework, this is the book for you. This guide is useful to you whether you're new to Ext JS 5 or are a seasoned expert. Experience in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is required in order to understand and get the most out of this book.

What You Will Learn

• Create applications with powerful web components designed for an easy end user experience
• Discover how Ext JS works and how to make good use of this tool
• Understand the basics of web applications using Ext JS
• Use the new features of version 5 in your applications
• Build agile and responsive web applications using Ext JS
• Understand the MVVM application model to connect the model layer to the view
• Easily customize sizing, spacing, colors, fonts, and so on in the new touch-friendly themes

In Detail

The new Sencha Ext JS 5 library offers hundreds of components and APIs to build robust applications and fulfills the critical needs of customers all around the world. The new version 5 is packed with new themes and the MVVM architecture that allows you to connect the model layer to the view and automatically update the model when the view is modified and vice versa.

This book covers many new features and components of Ext JS 5. At the beginning, learn the core concepts of Sencha Ext JS, components, data models, and mapping. This book also teaches you about event-driven development, forms and grids, charts and themes, and third-party plugins. Later on in the book, you'll learn the implementations of the Tree panel, the MVC pattern, and a completely new feature called MVVM. By working sequentially through each chapter and following the step-by-step guides, you will be able to create a basic application.

About this title

About the Author:

Carlos A. Mendez

Carlos A. Mendez is a freelance developer and graphic designer living in Mexico, with expertise in web development since 2000 and Windows development since 1998. He has also worked with Ext JS since version 2.x up to the present day. Since 1998, he has developed and designed administrative applications for accounting, payroll, inventory, human resource control, restaurants, hotels, and much more―applications that are in production and up to date. Trying to explore creativity with a deep passion, Carlos has created many Ext JS components and VB components for private companies and was also involved in graphic design, such as illustrations and small animations used for interactive presentations by some companies in Mexico. He always has a passion for creating and learning new things on the Web. He is the founder and development manager of the company administrationonline.com, which is focused on administrative applications. Carlos is involved in many projects around the world and also provides support and maintenance to many Ext JS projects ranging from 2.x to 5.x.

Crysfel Villa

Crysfel Villa is a software engineer with more than 8 years of experience with JavaScript. He started his career as a web developer working with HTML and basic JavaScript in the late 1990s but then started focusing on server-side technologies, such as PHP and Java J2EE. Before he started working with the Ext JS library, he loved to work with MooTools, but in late 2007, he started learning about an awesome new library that was emerging as an open source project. At that time, version 2.0 of the Ext JS library had just been released, and Crysfel started using this new library for medium-to-large projects in the agency that he used to work for. In early 2010, he started working as a freelancer. He began training teams on Ext JS for private companies; writing a blog with tutorials, tips, and tricks; developing custom components on Ext JS for his clients; and working on open source projects to share his knowledge with the world. More recently, Crysfel has been getting into new technologies such as Angular JS and React Native. If you want to find out more about his work, you can follow him on Twitter (@crysfel) or download his open source projects from GitHub (crysfel).

Armando Gonzalez

About this edition

• Publisher: Packt Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1784394386
• ISBN 13: 9781784394387
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 452