Major Product Enhancements Support Commercial Launch of the Sencha Web Application Lifecycle Management Platform
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 1, 2015 — Sencha, the company providing a unified platform for designing, developing, deploying and managing cross-platform web applications, today announced the general availability of Sencha Ext JS 6 and Sencha Web Application Manager (formerly known as Sencha Space), two core products within the new Sencha Web Application Lifecycle Management Platform. Sencha Ext JS is the most comprehensive and widely used JavaScript framework for building feature-rich cross-platform web applications.
Along with desktops and tablets, enterprises are now tasked with delivering applications to the highly fragmented world of mobile devices. The promise of web applications is that line-of-business managers and IT departments can use them to cost-effectively design, develop and deploy mission-critical applications across all devices and platforms. According to a recent Forrester Consulting study commissioned on behalf of Sencha entitled The Rise of Web Technology, “the requirements put on the development organizations to keep up with customers’ expectations for rich functionality and a seamless user experience across the desktop, tablets, and smartphones will continue to accelerate in speed to market and complexity. Investing in capabilities to enable development teams to be flexible, security-minded, and fast is critical for competitive differentiation.”
“With Sencha Ext JS 6, enterprise development and IT teams can design and develop universal applications from a single codebase and deploy them through Sencha Web Application Manager to deliver the right user experience on the right screen at the right time,” said Art Landro, CEO of Sencha. “By leveraging key components of the Sencha Platform, teams can remove the complexities and cost associated with enterprise application development and deployment, and accelerate each phase of the software application lifecycle.”
Nearly 2,000 current customers registered for the Sencha Ext JS 6 Beta. According to a survey among these developers, more than 76 percent stated that Ext JS 6 was easy to use, and more than 60 percent stated that Fashion, the new theming technology that eliminates dependencies on Ruby and Compass was extremely useful. Almost 40 percent stated that they plan to develop universal applications, designed to run on desktops, tablets and smartphones.
The Sencha Web Application Lifecycle Management Platform is open and modular; customers can opt to either purchase the comprehensive Platform or individual products such as Ext JS 6, Web Application Manager or other modular elements of it.
New features in Sencha Ext JS 6 and Sencha Web Application Manager include:
Sencha Ext JS 6: Design and Develop
- Single JavaScript framework to build applications for desktops, tablets and smartphones — supporting both modern and legacy browsers
- Near real-time theme generation capability with Fashion, which eliminates the dependency on Ruby and Compass
- Enhanced accessibility with improved keyboard navigation for grid components, and default screen reader support
- New application templates which enable developers to accelerate application design and development
- Enhanced data analytics with Sencha PivotGrid
- Deeper integration into the development workflow with JetBrains IDE plugin for IntelliJ, WebStorm and PhpStorm, providing significant productivity improvements
Web Application Manager: Deploy and Manage
- Enhanced over-the air web application deployment for improved performance, efficiency and user experience
- Improved reporting on user, device, and application activity and performance
- In-application event capture for fine-grained application analytics
- Expanded desktop debugging capabilities enable the use of popular web development troubleshooting tools
- Simplified customization of the client application
To learn more about the Sencha Platform and its modular elements, visit www.sencha.com/web-application-lifecycle-management-sencha-platform/.
Online Resources:
- Try the new Ext JS 6
- Try the new Web Application Manager 6
- Register for our webinar What’s New In Ext JS 6
- Register for our webinar Key Advancements in Web Application Deployment and Management
