Ext JS 4 First Look  (English, Undefined, Groner Loiane)

What you will learn from this book

• Learn the major changes in Ext JS 4 and its compatibility with Ext JS 3, including how to load components by demand.
• Understand how to use the new Data package, including new features such as Model, Associations, Validations, new Proxies, etc
• Organize Ext JS 4 components into containers using upgraded and new Layout engines.
• Create bar, pie, radar, scatter, gauge, line, and area charts without using Flash and customize them
• Learn what has changed in Ext JS 4 components such as Grid, Tree, Form.
• Change and create new themes using Sass and Compass.
• Build a complete application using the new Ext JS MVC architecture.
• Compare Ext JS 3 with Ext JS 4 class names.

In Detail
Ext JS 4 is a JavaScript framework that provides resources to build Rich Internet Applications with great performance. Ext JS 4 has been packed with many new features and it is difficult to master, even for seasoned experts in Ext JS 3.

Ext JS 4 First Look teaches you the main functional areas of Ext JS 4 that have significant new features, explains the new features and how to use them, while highlighting the differences between Ext JS 4 and the previous versions.

This book will give you the knowledge to make the required changes to Ext JS 3 application to build a complete Ext JS 4 application.

This book provides examples of how to load Ext JS components by demand, charts, grid, tree, forms and panels, new data model, themes and mvc architecture.

Ext JS 4 First Look provides full examples and illustrations to help you easily learn the new features of Ext JS 4.

Approach
This book is a practical step-by-step tutorial which guides you to migrate from Ext JS 3 to Ext JS 4. There are examples backed with explanations and plenty of code and illustrations to look forward to.

Who this book is for
This book is written for web developers who are familiar with Ext JS 3 and want to have detailed insights into the new features of Ext JS 4.

About the Author
Loiane Groner, Brazilian (born and raised), lives in São Paulo and began her IT career developing Java web applications. While at university, she demonstrated great interested in IT. She worked as teaching assistant for two and a half years for the Algorithms, Data Structures and Computing Theory. She rpresented her university at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest – Brazilian Finals (South America Regionals) and also worked as Student Delegate of the SBC (Brazilian Computing Society) for two years. She won a merit award in her senior year for being one of the top three students with better GPAs in the Computer Science department and also graduated with honors. After three years of Java development she got a job opportunity at IBM Brazil, where she developed Java and Ext JS applications for an American company for two years. At IBM, she became Team Leader and was reponsible for training new hires at Java, XML and Ext JS technologies. Nowadays she is working as Senior Software Engineer at Citibank Brazillian Technology Solutions Center, where she develops overseas solutions. She also works as an independent Ext JS consultant and coach. Loiane is passionate about Ext JS and Java, and she is the CampinasJUG (Campinas Java Users Group) Leader and ESJUG (Espirito Santo Java Users Group) co-ordinator, both Brazilian JUGs. Loiane also contributes to the software development community through her blogs: http://loianegroner.com (English) and http://loiane.com (Portuguese-BR), where she writes about her IT career, Ext JS, Spring Framework and general development notes.

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: What's New in Ext JS 4?
Chapter 2: The New Data Package
Chapter 3: graded Layouts
Chapter 4: graded Charts
Chapter 5: graded Grid, Tree, and Form
Chapter 6: Ext JS 4 Themes
Chapter 7: MVC Application Architecture
Appendix A: Ext JS 4 Versus Ext JS 3 Class Names
Index