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Summary
Ext JS in Action, Second Edition teaches Ext JS from the ground up. You'll start with a quick overview of the framework and then explore the core components by diving into complete examples, engaging illustrations, and crisp, straightforward explanations. You'll feel like you have an expert guide right at your elbow teaching you important Ext techniques and offering insight into its inner workings. Along the way, you'll learn the best practices for building and scaling full-featured web applications, including how to customize and build Ext widgets. Fully revised for Ext JS 4.0.
About this Book
Ext JS is a mature JavaScript web application framework that provides modern UI widgets and an advanced MVC architecture. It helps you manage tedious boilerplate and minimize hand-coded HTML and browser incompatibilities.
Ext JS in Action, Second Edition starts with a quick overview of the framework and then explores the core components by diving into complete examples, engaging illustrations, and clear explanations. You'll feel like you have an expert guide at your elbow as you learn the best practices for building and scaling full-featured web applications.
A working knowledge of JavaScript is assumed. No prior experience with Ext JS is required.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
What's Inside
- Building professional web apps with Ext JS
- Stamping out DOM fragments with templates
- Customizing and building Ext widgets
- Masterful UI design
- Fully revised for Ext JS version 4.0
About the Authors
Jay Garcia is a well-known member of the Ext JS community and a contributor to the framework. He wrote Sencha Touch in Action. Grgur Grisogono founded SourceDevCon in London, UK and Split, Croatia. Jacob Andresen is a consultant specializing in large scale internet applications.
Table of Contents
PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO EXT JS 4.0
- A framework apart
- DOM manipulation
- Components and containers
PART 2 EXT JS COMPONENTS
- Core UI components
- Exploring layouts
- Forms in Ext JS
- The data store
- The grid panel
- Taking root with trees
- Drawing and charting
- Remote method invocation with Ext Direct
- Drag-and-drop
PART 3 BUILDING AN APPLICATION
- Class system foundations
- Building an application
Synopsis
JavaScript is increasingly seen as a proper application language instead of just a tool for spicing up web pages. Ext JS, a mature and stable JavaScript framework, provides the libraries and structure needed to write desktop-quality applications for the browser. Because Ext JS elegantly manages much of the boilerplate associated with web development, it minimizes the tedious hand-coded HTML. Ext JS saves time, helps developers write better apps and stay standards-compliant.
Ext JS in Action, Second Edition teaches Ext JS from the ground up. It starts with a quick overview of the framework and then explores the core components by diving into complete examples, engaging illustrations, and crisp, straightforward explanations. It's like having an expert guide right at your elbow, teaching you important Ext techniques and offering insight into its inner workings.
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.
About the Author
Jesus "Jay" Garcia is the co-founder of Modus/Create, a professional web developer, and an Ext JS community leader. Jay has consulted for companies in many industries around the world, perfecting the use of Ext JS. He has been working with Ext JS since 2006 and has continuously contributed to the framework and its community.
Jacob K. Andresen works as a consultant based in Copenhagen, Denmark and as developed several large scale internet applications. He has been an Ext JS enthusiast since attending his first Ext JS conference in 2009.