CSS3 Styling in Every Browser
Traditionally, cross-browser styling has been a time consuming and tedious task. With the rise of modern browsers and the introduction of CSS3, we can finally create beautiful cross-browser interfaces using a simple syntax. We show you how with the new Sencha SDK Tools.
Using Ext Loader for Your Application
Today, we’ll be looking at creating a small application that makes use of this new class Loader system, exercising the dependency management system. Along the way, we’ll discuss various configuration options for the Ext Loader system.
Architecting Your App in Ext JS 4
The scalability, maintainability and flexibility of an application is mostly determined by the quality of the application’s architecture. In this article, we’ll take a look at a popular application and discuss how we might architect the user interface to create a solid foundation.
Integrating Ext JS 4 Charts with Ext Designer
For Ext Designer users, Ext JS 4 support is coming in a release soon after Ext JS 4. In the meantime, we can use the Sandboxing feature to integrate Ext JS 4 components into our 3.x applications. Ext Designer lead developer Jarred Nicholls shows you how.
Firebug Plugin: Illuminations for Developers
Steven is a volunteer contributor to Firebug, and the creator of Illuminations for Developers. Today he will show us how to get started with Illuminations, a Firebug plugin to help with debugging your Ext JS apps in Firefox.
5 Steps to Understanding Drag and Drop with Ext JS
One of the most powerful interaction design patterns available to developers is “Drag and Drop.” We utilize Drag and Drop without really giving it much thought – especially when its done right. Jay Garcia, author of Ext JS in Action, walks you through 5 easy steps to ensure an elegant implementation.
Building a Rating Widget with Ext Core 3.0 Final and Google CDN
We are very proud to announce the final release of Ext Core under the MIT license. Your feedback was invaluable. Thank you for all the bugs reported and test cases created. For those of you who are new to Ext Core, we suggest you read the previous blog post about the all the features and examples that we released as part of the beta.
Ext JS Books: Resources to Master the Framework
Learning an exciting software framework can be like climbing a mountain – it requires proper equipment, technical skill and determination. To help new and seasoned community members reach the Ext apex, three new books have come to our attention to help guide your path. One publisher (Manning) is offering a 40% discount for all Ext Users until April 1st.
Use Namespaces to organize your JavaScript code
In today’s modern web applications it is typical to include many libraries, widgets and snippets of code from many different sources. You must be mindful that other developers may be interacting with your code simply by both sets of code being included on the same page. It is not a safe assumption that you have the entire global namespace at your disposal.