Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript Framework

Book Description

Get started with Sencha Touch and build awesome, native-quality mobile web applications

Overview

• Learn to develop web applications that look and feel native on Apple iOS, Google Android, Blackberry 10, and Windows Mobile devices using simple examples
• Design and control the look of your application using a variety of simple style settings and themes
• Make your application respond to the user’s touch with events like tap, double tap, swipe, tap and hold, pinch, and rotate

In Detail

Sencha Touch is a versatile HTML5-based framework for developing mobile web apps. Sencha Touch 2 has raised the bar for developing rich mobile web applications with HTML5. Using this framework you can develop mobile web apps that look and feel like native apps on iOS, Android, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile. It is built for enabling world-class user experiences.

“Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript Framework” is a step-by-step tutorial that will show you how to use Sencha Touch to produce attractive, exciting, native-quality, user friendly, easy-to-use mobile applications, that will keep your visitors coming back for more. There is sample code provided and explained with essential screenshots for better and quicker understanding.

“Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript Framework” will provide you with a hands-on approach to learning the language, taking you through the basic concepts and designs, to building a complete application from scratch.

We start with a foundation of JavaScript basics and work our way through the various components and features of Sencha Touch. We will explore how to leverage the Sencha Cmd utility to create applications quickly and cleanly. We will talk about how to get data in and out of your application, how to create new styles and themes, and even how to compile an application for sale on the various app stores.

“Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript Framework” will make you an expert application developer, using clear examples, code, and concepts.

What you will learn from this book

• Make use of technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3 to provide native-quality application experiences without the need for plugins
• Create a sample application using Sencha Touch that will run on Apple iOS, Google Android, BlackBerry 10, and Windows Phone
• Use the list of components available in the Sencha Touch framework libraries such as tab panels, scrollable list views, and toolbars
• Add custom touch events such as tap, double tap, swipe, tap and hold, pinch, and rotate
• Discover the rich event communication that is available in every Sencha Touch component, allowing you to quickly respond to your users and create intuitive, native quality applications
• Control the look of your application with Sencha Touch themes and styling options
• Put together simple components quickly, backed by the data package
• Allow your users to store information with forms, or access remote information from other services like Google maps and Flickr

Approach

Full of explained code and enriched with screenshots, this book is the practical way to take your Sencha Touch skills to the next level.

Who this book is written for

If you want to gain practical knowledge for using the Sencha Touch mobile web application framework, and you are familiar with HTML and CSS, then this book is for you. It is assumed that you know how to use touchscreens, touch events, and mobile devices such as Apple iOS and Google Android.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Let’s Begin with Sencha Touch
Chapter 2 : Creating a Simple Application
Chapter 3 : Styling the User Interface
Chapter 4 : Components and Configurations
Chapter 5 : Events and Controllers
Chapter 6 : Getting the Data In
Chapter 7 : Getting Data Out
Chapter 8 : Creating the Flickr Finder Application
Chapter 9 : Advanced Topics

中文：

书名：Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript Framework

开始使用Sencha Touch并构建出色的原生移动Web应用程序

概述

• 使用简单的示例学习开发在Apple iOS、Google Android、Blackberry 10和Windows Mobile设备上具有原生外观的Web应用程序
• 使用各种简单的样式设置和主题设计和控制应用程序的外观
• 使您的应用程序通过点击、双击、滑动、点击并按住、捏和旋转等事件来响应用户的触摸

详细地说

Sencha Touch是一个基于HTML5的多功能框架，用于开发移动Web应用程序。Sencha Touch 2提高了使用HTML5开发富移动Web应用的标准。使用此框架，您可以开发外观和感觉都像iOS、Android、Blackberry和Windows Mobile上的本地应用程序的移动Web应用程序。它旨在实现世界级的用户体验。

Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript框架是一个循序渐进的教程，它将向您展示如何使用Sencha Touch制作吸引人的、令人兴奋的、原生质量的、用户友好的、易于使用的移动应用程序，这将吸引您的访问者回来获得更多。为了更好、更快地理解，提供了示例代码，并与基本屏幕截图一起进行了解释。

Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript框架将为您提供学习语言的实践方法，指导您从头开始构建完整的应用程序的基本概念和设计。

我们从基本的JavaScript开始，然后逐步了解Sencha Touch的各种组件和功能。我们将探索如何利用Sencha Cmd实用程序快速而干净地创建应用程序。我们将讨论如何将数据传入和传出您的应用程序，如何创建新的样式和主题，甚至如何编译在各种应用程序商店上销售的应用程序。

使用清晰的示例、代码和概念，Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript框架将使您成为专业的应用程序开发人员。

你将从这本书中学到什么

• 利用HTML5和CSS3等技术提供原生质量的应用体验，无需插件
• 使用Sencha Touch创建可在Apple iOS、Google Android、BlackBerry 10和Windows Phone上运行的示例应用程序
• 使用Sencha Touch框架库中提供的组件列表，如选项卡面板、可滚动列表视图和工具栏
• 添加自定义触摸事件，如轻触、双击、轻扫、轻触并按住、捏和旋转
• 了解每个Sencha Touch组件中提供的丰富事件通信，使您能够快速响应用户并创建直观、原生质量的应用程序
• 使用Sencha Touch主题和样式选项控制应用程序的外观
• 以数据包为后盾，快速组装简单组件
• 允许您的用户通过表单存储信息，或从Google地图和Flickr等其他服务访问远程信息

方法

这本书充满了解释的代码和丰富的屏幕截图，是将您的Sencha Touch技能提升到下一个水平的实用方法。

Who this book is written for

如果您想获得使用Sencha Touch移动Web应用程序框架的实用知识，并且熟悉HTML和CSS，那么这本书是为您准备的。假设您知道如何使用触摸屏、触摸事件和移动设备，如Apple iOS和Google Android。

目录表

第一章：让我们从Sencha Touch开始
第2章：创建简单的应用程序
第3章：设计用户界面样式
第4章：组件和配置
Chapter 5 : Events and Controllers
Chapter 6 : Getting the Data In
Chapter 7 : Getting Data Out
Chapter 8 : Creating the Flickr Finder Application
第9章：高级主题