Sencha Touch Mobile JavaScript Framework

John E. Clark

Feb 2012 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

This book is a step-by-step tutorial aimed at beginners to Sencha Touch. There is ready sample code explained with essential screenshots for better and quicker understanding. This book is ideal for anyone who wants to gain the practical knowledge involved in using Sencha Touch mobile web application framework to make attractive web apps for mobiles. If you have some familiarity with HTML and CSS, then this book is for you. This book will give designers the skills they need to implement their ideas, and provides developers with creative inspiration through practical examples. It is assumed that you know how to use touch screens, touch events, WebKit on mobile systems, Apple iOS, and Google Android for Mobiles.

About the author

John E. 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 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. When he is not buried in code, John spends his time woodworking, playing guitar, and brewing his own beer.