Instant Sencha Touch : build native applications with Sencha Touch easily and efficiently / Hiren J. Dave.

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Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. This book is a practical, step by step tutorial that will get you to use Sencha Touch core components quickly and efficiently. Instant Sencha Touch is for hobbyists who want to explore the capabilities of Sencha Touch. No prior knowledge of Sencha Touch is assumed. This book is simultaneously helpful for developers as well who want to quickly learn about Sencha Touch Framework. The book is structured in such a way that amateurs as well as experts.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; www.packtpub.com; packtlib.packtpub.com; Table of Contents; Instant Sencha Touch; So, what is Sencha Touch?; A Sencha Touch application as a web application; A Sencha Touch application as a native application; Installation; Downloading Sencha Touch; Setting up the web server on Mac; Setting up the web server on Windows; Introduction to Sencha Touch SDK; Introduction to the Sencha Touch class system; Defining a class; Defining the configuration of a class; Creating an instance of a class; Installing Xcode; Installing Android SDK

Quick start -- building a Hello World applicationThe Hello World application; Introduction to layouts; Panel -- a basic container; The form panel -- building rich input forms; Form fields -- nifty input fields; The tab panel -- a tabbed set of views; The navigation view -- a smart way of navigation; Carousels -- swipe between views; Introduction to data storage; List -- showing a list of data with custom styles; XTemplate -- an advanced template class; Top 12 features you need to know about; Animations; Adaptive layouts; Sencha Touch component queries; Event handling; Sencha Touch charts

Offline supportFetching remote data with Ajax; The MVC structure; Model; View; Controller; Store; A sample application; Theming in Sencha Touch; What is SASS?; Variables; Mixins; Native packaging of Sencha Touch applications; Using PhoneGap Build; Using SDK; Accessing hardware and native APIs; People and places you should get to know; Sencha Touch forum; Sencha Touch App Gallery; Sencha Touch in social media -- LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Quora; LinkedIn groups; Facebook pages; Google+ page; Twitter pages; Quora page; Sencha Touch blogs

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