Creating Mobile Apps with Sencha Touch 2

348 Pages·2013·5.95 MB·English

by  John Earl Clark, Bryan P. Johnson

Creating Mobile Apps with
Sencha Touch 2
Learn to use the Sencha Touch programming
language and expand your skills by building
10 unique applications
John Earl Clark
Bryan P. Johnson
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
Creating Mobile Apps with Sencha Touch 2
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Credits
Authors Proofreaders
John Earl Clark Maria Gould
Bryan P. Johnson Kate Robinson
Reviewer Indexer
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About the Authors
John Earl Clark holds a Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction
from Georgia Tech and an undergraduate degree in Music Engineering from
Georgia State University. John and his co-author, Bryan P. Johnson, worked
together at MindSpring and later EarthLink, starting out in technical support
and documentation, before moving into application development, and finally
management of a small development team. After leaving EarthLink in 2002,
John began working independently as a consultant and programmer, before
starting Twelve Foot Guru, LLC with Bryan in 2005.
John has been working with Sencha Touch since the first early beta releases.
He has also worked with Sencha's ExtJS since the early days when it was still
known as YUI-Ext. John has also written a previous book with Bryan Johnson
called Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework by Packt Publishing.
When he is not buried in code, John spends his time woodworking, playing the
guitar, and brewing his own beer.
I would like to thank my family for all of their love and support.
I would also like to thank Bryan for his help, his patience, and his
continued faith in our efforts.
Bryan P. Johnson is a graduate of the University of Georgia. Bryan went on to work
for MindSpring Enterprises in late 1995, where he met his co-author John Clark.
At MindSpring, and later EarthLink, for over seven years, Bryan served in multiple
positions, including Director of System Administration and Director of Internal
Application Development. After leaving EarthLink, Bryan took some time off to
travel before joining John in starting Twelve Foot Guru.
Bryan has worked with Sencha's products since the early days of YUI-EXT, and
has used Sencha Touch since its first betas. Last year, he and John wrote their first
Sencha Touch book, Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework by Packt Publishing.
I would like to thank my friends and family for their support and my
co-author John for his patience during the creation of this book.
About the Reviewer
Kristian Kristensen is an independent software development consultant.
Through his company Kristensen Inc., he takes on the role of teacher, coach,
facilitator, and anything in between to help software shops improve their
processes and skills. He is particularly interested in languages and how they
shape our thoughts and problem solving abilities.
He worked as a consultant for Microsoft before embarking on the journey
of freelance consulting. He holds a Master's in Software Engineering from
Aalborg University and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: A Simple Task List 7
A brief overview of Sencha Architect 7
The Toolbox 10
The help section 11
The design area 12
The Project Inspector area 13
The Config area 14
Getting started with the task list 14
Creating the data store 15
Adding a Model, Fields, and Field Types 16
Adding the model to the store 17
Making copies 18
Adding filters 19
Pay attention to the man behind the curtain 20
Architect versus coding by hand 25
Creating the views 25
Configuring the Tab Panel 27
Adding the lists and details 28
Setting up the templates 30
Testing with starter data 31
Adding the back button 34
Creating the forms 35
Add Task form 35
Editing and completing a task 39
Testing the application 40
Extra credit 41
Summary 41