The Atlantic Wire: Building for iPad on HTML5 and Sencha Touch
A new high bar for publishing has been set by The Atlantic with their iPad app, built on Sencha Touch. Their new Wire tablet application (touch.theatlanticwire.com, built with Sencha Touch) is a great example of how publishers can leverage leading edge HTML5 technologies to create new and innovative media experiences without having to build a native application.
Customer Spotlight: Ext4Yii
Ext4Yii is an application framework based on Sencha Ext JS and Yii. It is an extension for Yii and is based on a template rendering system. It provides a server-side tag library for Ext JS components. Ext4Yii consumes XML templates where you can define application elements like buttons, grids, stores, and embedded JavaScript.
Announcing the HTML5 is Ready App Contest
We want to prove to the world that 2013 is the year of the HTML5 App, and what better way to do this than to have a little friendly competition for some cash, gadgets, and glory!
The Making of Fastbook: An HTML5 Love Story
When we started what became Sencha, we made a bet on the web: a bet that modern application development didn’t need anything except the browser, a great set of frameworks and a great set of tools. With those three weapons in hand, we knew developers could build applications that would delight users.
HTML5 Progress Report
The state of HTML5 is strong today, with five modern HTML5 browsers to choose from, all with very complete HTML5 and CSS3 implementations. In this article, Sencha CEO Michael Mullany takes a look at HTML5 progress since it entered the mainstream almost three years ago.
Happy Holidays (and Happy Theming!) from Sencha
To all our developers, partners, customers and friends, from all of us at Sencha we want to wish you Happy Holidays. In the spirit of writing some code for the holidays (and for a little bit of fun), we’ve created a special Winter Theme for Sencha Touch!
Using Sencha Cmd and the Sencha Eclipse Plugin Together
Sencha Cmd 3.0 is the newest addition to the set of tools that make it easy to build Sencha applications. The new Cmd greatly increases the functionality of what you can do on the command line, giving you the ability to scaffold, build and minify projects.
Creating Native Applications with Sencha Desktop Packager
Sencha Desktop Packager is a new product, included with the Sencha Complete: Team bundle, which enables you to take your existing Ext JS web application and package it as a native desktop application. From here, you may deliver your application to your customers who are running Windows and Mac OS X
Survey Says: Windows Phone 8 Support Strong, HTML5 Important for Multi-Device App Dev
We recently conducted a survey to our developer community about the impact that today’s multi-device world has on businesses and application development. Over 1,400 developers, managers, and IT execs responded and shared their insights on a variety of topics, including Windows Phone 8, Apple’s iOS 6, and the challenges of IT in a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) world.
Microsoft Surface vs. the iPad gen 4: The HTML5 Scorecard
This week, we’ve been putting both the iPad gen 4 and the Microsoft Surface tablet through their paces to see how they stack up as HTML5 platforms.

