Announcing the HTML5 is Ready App Contest Winners
Wow, we were impressed and amazed, and, frankly, a little overwhelmed by the entries to the HTML5 is Ready App Contest! We got hundreds of great submissions, so it took a bunch of work by myself, the other four judges, and our marketing team to whittle it down to manageable set of finalists, and then to have all the judges stack rank them to find the winners.
How to Win: An Inside Look from the Judges
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sencha Touch oData Connector and Samples for SAP
Today we’re releasing the Sencha Touch oData Connector for SAP, available on the Sencha Market. We’ve partnered with SAP to make it easier for SAP customers to build HTML5 applications using Sencha Touch. We announced our partnership with SAP earlier this year and have been working actively with SAP to build this shared capability to make it easy for developers to quickly build rich mobile enterprise applications.
HTML5 Scorecard: RIM BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0
Last month, RIM released OS 2.0 for the BlackBerry PlayBook. We were already very impressed with the PlayBook 1.0 browser, and we were anticipating more, new and better. We put it through our HTML5 test wringer, and were pleased to find that the PlayBook 2.0 browser is an excellent upgrade, adding new features and upgraded performance in several areas. Notably, it features the first HTML5 color picker input type that we’ve seen on mobile, advanced SVG filters as well as a perfect Acid 3 score.