January 2012
5 posts
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Jan 27th
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Jan 21st
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“I can report that our JavaScript framework of choice is Ext JS by Sencha. This...”
– Yakov Fain, Farata Systems (via Adobe Flex Journal)
Jan 11th
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Jan 6th
6 notes
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Google, Apple, Amazon Push HTML5 to the Fore as... →
Nice Sencha mention in this recent eWeek deck on the major transition to HTML5 happening right now.
Jan 4th
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December 2011
2 posts
3 tags
Dec 20th
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Dec 8th
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November 2011
4 posts
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Nov 17th
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“In the long-term, we believe HTML5 will be the best technology for enterprise...”
– Adobe, Your Questions About Flex
Nov 14th
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Nov 12th
8 notes
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Adobe Withdraws from Mobile Flash Battlefront →
Toolkits such as PhoneGap and Sencha Touch are hitting full stride with mature development frameworks that enable HTML5 developers and designers to make native iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry applications using their existing skill sets.
Nov 9th
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October 2011
9 posts
Oct 28th
5 notes
2 tags
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...
Oct 28th
154 notes
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Oct 14th
14 notes
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WatchWatch
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...
Oct 11th
52 notes
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Oct 10th
29 notes
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Oct 7th
25 notes
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Oct 7th
6 notes
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Oct 7th
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Oct 7th
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September 2011
4 posts
Sep 29th
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“5 years ago, it was impossible to build something like SlideShare or Youtube...”
– SlideShare Ditches Flash for HTML5
Sep 28th
17 notes
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Sep 10th
13 notes
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Two New Awards!
This week we received a 2011 Bossie award (for Sencha Touch) and our company was listed in the FASTech50. Thanks to InfoWorld and FASTech!
Sep 8th
4 notes
August 2011
10 posts
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“This columnist, too, has gone ape for apps. A year ago in this space I posited...”
– Steve Rubel, Could Mobile Apps Be Evolutionary Dead End?
Aug 29th
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How Browsers Work: Behind the Scenes of Modern Web... →
HTML5 Rocks: This comprehensive primer on the internal operations of WebKit and Gecko is the result of much research done by Israeli developer Tali Garsiel.
Aug 26th
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Firefox 6 is here →
Now with the progress element, Touch events, and the return of WebSockets.
Aug 24th
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“Although most of the discussion around HTML5 has been about site building and...”
– Forget Web Development, HTML5’s Biggest Impact is on Advertising
Aug 22nd
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Manning: Sencha Touch in Action →
Jay Garcia’s new book with Manning will cover how to build mobile apps with Sencha Touch.
Aug 15th
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Sencha Touch Charts RC →
We have just released an RC for Touch Charts, with a ton of fixes and improvements. Download it today and send in your feedback before the final release!
Aug 5th
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“From a strategic point of view, development organizations should seriously...”
– Hybrid mobile apps take off as HTML5 vs. native debate continues, VentureBeat
Aug 3rd
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Who’s New in Google Summer of Code →
Sencha Labs is proud to be a part of this year’s Summer of Code: Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. We have worked with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month period.
Aug 2nd
4 tags
The Developer Experience →
Pamela Fox includes Sencha in some examples of great Developer Experience, with some screen grabs of new Ext JS 4 API docs.
Aug 2nd
25 notes
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“The tech industry’s movers and shakers have been saying for months now that the...”
– The HTML5 boom is coming. Fast., Reuters
Aug 1st
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July 2011
14 posts
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Jul 21st
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20 Things To Avoid/Do When Getting Started With... →
SwarmOnline has released an excellent set of dos and do-nots for Sencha beginners. If you enjoy the article, make sure to check out the rest of their blog, it looks to be filled with lots of great learning material.
Jul 7th
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“All the benefits of the Web deployment model are now in place. Facebook can make...”
– Dion Almaer, Cross Platform Leverage: Not about write once run everywhere, not about native vs. Web
Jul 6th
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JavaScript Memory Management →
A nice little post about memory management in JavaScript, especially in less-ideal environments like Internet Explorer. Also a great example of some of the automatic optimization you get from using a JavaScript framework like Ext JS.
Jul 6th
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“We estimate that using Sencha products has saved us at least 25% in development...”
– Jean-Damien Hobe, President and founder, TodoBravo
Jul 5th
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MMM, delicous! Green tea mixed with Coffee →
Jacob Oscarson looks at integrating Sencha and CoffeeScript, with some elegant looking results: class BaseScreen extends Ext.Panel title: 'Base panel' iconCls: 'info' class Screen1 extends BaseScreen title: 'First screen' html: 'Content of one screen'
Jul 5th
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“There are now over 500,000 Android devices activated every day, and it’s...”
– Andy Rubin
Jul 5th
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Royal Bank of Scotland develops HTML5 app for... →
Earlier this year, research firm Gartner predicted 80% of businesses will support its workforce using tablet devices, such as the Apple iPad, by 2013. According to Deloitte, companies will purchase 10 million tablet devices in 2011, comprising 25% of all tablet sales.
Jul 5th
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Jul 4th
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Financial Time’s HTML5 Web App Strategy for... →
The Wall Street Journal’s Russell Adams on publishers using HTML5: The FT’s shift toward a Web-app strategy started last year largely because the publisher lacked the resources to create lots of different apps for the many emerging devices and operating systems. But a major benefit of this strategy is it allows publishers to “un-tether ourselves from app stores,” said MB Christie, head...
Jul 4th
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Sencha News: June Edition →
The latest edition of Sencha News features six full-length articles, tailored for web designers, Sencha developers, and beginning web app developers. Read about architecting your Ext JS 4 app, replacing Flash with CSS3 Animations, and get a sneak peek of Ext GWT 3. Note: Newsletter subscribers receive articles before anyone else, so make sure you’re subscribed at the bottom of sencha.com
Jul 3rd
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Jul 2nd
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Facebook’s Project Spartan: An HTML5 competitor... →
On TechCrunch: Yes, Facebook is about to launch a mobile platform aimed squarely at working on the iPhone (and iPad). But it won’t be distributed through the App Store as a native application, it will be entirely HTML5-based and work in Safari. Why? Because it’s the one area of the device that Facebook will be able to control (or mostly control).
Jul 2nd
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Jul 2nd
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June 2011
5 posts
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Writing a Sencha Touch App →
Longtime Sencha community member, Jorge Ramon, provides an in-depth tutorial about how to start writing a simple notes application for mobile devices with Sencha Touch. Check out Part 2 when you’re done with this one!
Jun 30th
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Jun 30th
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