Sencha Touch Cookbook

Paperback: 350 pages
Publisher: Packt Publishing (December 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1849515441
ISBN-13: 978-1849515443

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Sencha touch is a versatile HTML5-based framework for developing mobile web apps that look and feel native on touch screen devices, and with it you can write your code once and deploy it to both iOS and Android saving you both time and money.

The Sencha touch cookbook has a comprehensive selection of recipes covering everything from installation right through to HTML5 geo location.

The Sencha Touch Cookbook really is your one stop resource for cross platform HTML5 application development. It covers the basics such as setting up an iOS and Android development environment right through to much more complex development issues such as touch gestures, animation, rich media and geo location. Every recipe is practically focused. Maximum action. Minimum theory.

What you will learn from this book:

Set up your production environment
Add life to your application using animations and media
Make your application available offline.
Engage users by responding to the events
Map GeoLocation on Google Maps

Approach
The book is written in a cookbook style, presenting examples in the style of recipes, allowing you to go directly to your topic of interest, or follow topics throughout a chapter to gain in-depth knowledge.

Who this book is written for
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 provide 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.