Sencha Notes

Notes from the field on HTML5, CSS3, and other awesome web technologies.

“I can report that our JavaScript framework of choice is Ext JS by Sencha. This framework can serve as a solid foundation for any serious JavaScript development.”

Yakov Fain, Farata Systems (via Adobe Flex Journal)
Sencha is hiring! 2011 was an incredible year for Sencha and its employees. We nearly tripled the company, and we’re not done building the team! If you’d like to come work with us in the Silicon Valley, California, be sure to check out our Careers page for open positions.

Sencha is hiring!

2011 was an incredible year for Sencha and its employees. We nearly tripled the company, and we’re not done building the team!

If you’d like to come work with us in the Silicon Valley, California, be sure to check out our Careers page for open positions.

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We liked the posters for our HTML5 Roadshow so much we decided to put them up in our lobby! Custom illustrations by our designer Katherine Chu!

We liked the posters for our HTML5 Roadshow so much we decided to put them up in our lobby! Custom illustrations by our designer Katherine Chu!

HTML5 Scorecard: Amazon Kindle Fire When the Kindle Fire was announced, we were excited about getting our hands on it. As the first mass market tablet at the $200 price point, we knew it had a good shot at selling millions of units. But at the same time, we were apprehensive that Amazon might have skimped on hardware capabilities to reach that price. We put the new Amazon Kindle Fire through the wringer to see how it stacks up as an HTML5 app platform. Click through to see how it fares.

HTML5 Scorecard: Amazon Kindle Fire

When the Kindle Fire was announced, we were excited about getting our hands on it. As the first mass market tablet at the $200 price point, we knew it had a good shot at selling millions of units. But at the same time, we were apprehensive that Amazon might have skimped on hardware capabilities to reach that price.

We put the new Amazon Kindle Fire through the wringer to see how it stacks up as an HTML5 app platform. Click through to see how it fares.

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Complete Compass API in iOS 5

Bricss:

One new feature of iOS 5’s Mobile Safari that was not known back when I wrote this post, is an extension to the DeviceOrientation Event API. There was already an implementation of the official yet limited spec in iOS, but the Apple team didn’t have the time to wait for a resolution and implemented two new properties that allow developers to get full access to the real world orientation in Mobile Safari now!

James Pearce from Sencha took the new API for a spin and created a complete web-based compass. If you’re running iOS 5 and you’re on an iPhone 4 or 4S, iPad or latest generation iPod Touch, just tap the image below. Now go ahead and make your web app orientation-aware!

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Reblogged from Bricss

Sencha Touch 2 Developer Preview, Available Now

This video shows a side-by-side comparison of the Kitchen Sink demo orientation change on an Android Motorola Atrix in Touch 1.1 and in our latest version of Touch 2. The new layout engine in Touch 2 is so fast we had to use a high speed camera to measure it. We shot this video at 120 frames per second, then slowed the video down to ¼ speed so you can see the detail.

Sencha Touch 2 features performance updates across the board — In load time, scrolling speed, and rendering (especially on Android). Additionally, we have a whole new documentation app, which is easier to use, includes more resources, and features 11 new guides. Lastly, this release includes Native Packaging in our SDK tools, allowing you to publish your web app to the iOS App Store and Android Marketplace.

Learn more about Sencha Touch 2

Download Sencha Touch 2 today!

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