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Sencha Eclipse Plugin 2.0 New and Noteworthy

Sencha Eclipse Plugin 2.0 New and Noteworthy

February 25, 2013 | Justin Early

Sencha Eclipse Plugin is a full code assist and validation plugin for the popular Eclipse IDE. With the plugin, you’re able to get code assist for standard Sencha Touch (new in Sencha Eclipse Plugin 1.1) and Ext JS types, as well as custom types that you define as a part of your project. In this article, I will demonstrate the latest updates to this plugin.

Using the Touch Scheduler Component

Using the Touch Scheduler Component

February 21, 2013 | Mats Bryntse

Bryntum has been working hard lately to port their Ext Scheduler component over to the Sencha Touch platform. In this post, they introduce you to the new version and share some details of how they developed a cross framework extension for Sencha Touch and Ext JS.

How to Win: An Inside Look from the Judges

How to Win: An Inside Look from the Judges

January 23, 2013 | Tracy Pullman

Today we released the final video in our contest series about what it will take to win the HTML5 is Ready App Contest. Hear directly from the judges on what a badass HTML5 app means to them and ultimately what it will take to win.

First Look at Ext JS 4.2 Grid

First Look at Ext JS 4.2 Grid

January 22, 2013 | Arthur Kay

The release of Ext JS 4.2 beta delivers significantly faster performance of our Grid component. Check out the performance enhancements we’ve made in buffered rendering that allow this feature to be used in more situations with much less configuration. Developers who build apps featuring large data sets should see a dramatic increase in responsiveness thanks to these optimizations.

Sencha Eclipse Plugin Tips & Tricks

Sencha Eclipse Plugin Tips & Tricks

January 14, 2013 | Justin Early

With the Sencha Eclipse Plugin, you’re able to get code assist for standard Sencha Touch (new in Sencha Eclipse Plugin 1.1) and Ext JS types, as well as custom types that you define as a part of your project. In this article, guest blogger Justin Early demonstrates some of the tricks and tips that can make you a more productive Sencha Touch developer.

UI Testing a Sencha App

UI Testing a Sencha App

January 10, 2013 | Arthur Kay

A few months ago, I wrote a post titled Automating Unit Tests that covered how developers could write unit tests for their business logic and validate their JavaScript syntax. Understanding these concepts is essential when building an enterprise application: bugs must be caught before changes are pushed into production or catastrophic consequences may follow.