Sencha Touch in Action

**Summary**

*Sencha Touch in Action* is the definitive guide to developing applications with Sencha Touch. You'll begin with basic design principles for building great mobile applications, and then explore the features of Sencha Touch that bring those ideas to life. You'll learn how and why objects operate in the framework as you work through several real-world examples. This book also promotes the emerging best practices for mobile web development, from widget implementation to developing an application with the Sencha Touch MVC framework. Updated for Sencha Touch 2.

**About the Technology**

The Sencha Touch framework makes it easy to build cross-platform mobile apps using HTML5 and JavaScript. It offers numerous features that mimic native mobile APIs and an MVC architecture that feels right at home for application developers. So you get the power and richness of native apps and the convenience of standard web tools.

**About this Book**

*Sencha Touch in Action* is a complete guide for developers of native-quality mobile Sencha Touch applications. You'll explore real-world examples as you master this impressive framework from the ground up. The book shows you good practices for mobile web development, from widget implementation to the structure of MVC applications.

The book requires basic JavaScript skills. It assumes no experience with Sencha Touch or Ext JS.

**What's Inside**

Covers Sencha Touch 2

Build on your existing web dev skills

Create mobile web apps that feel like native apps

Extend enterprise apps to mobile clients

Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

**About the Authors**

**Jay Garcia** is a popular speaker, Sencha community advocate, and author of Ext JS in Action. **Anthony De Moss** is a professional web and mobile developer. **Mitchell Simoens** is a Sencha developer supporting the Sencha Touch and Ext JS products.

**Table of Contents**

PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SENCHA TOUCH

Introducing Sencha Touch

Using Sencha Touch for the first time

Sencha Touch foundations

PART 2 BUILDING MOBILE USER INTERFACES

Mastering the building blocks

Toolbars, buttons, and docked items

Getting the user's attention

Data stores and views

Working with forms

Maps and media

PART 3 CONSTRUCTING AN APPLICATION

Class system foundations

Building Sencha Touch applications