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Sencha Insights

Issue #29

April 16th, 2014

The big news in the Sencha sphere since our last issue is the release of the first Ext JS 5 beta which has been very well received by the community. This issue has all the info you need on getting started with the latest framework version and more besides.

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Sencha Official

Announcing Public Beta of Ext JS 5

Sencha have just announced the release of Ext JS 5's first beta which allows us all to get our hands on all the new features being developed. This blog post outlines the goals of Ext JS 5 and how to get hold of it.

What's New in Ext JS 5

Learn about all the great features that have been included in Ext JS 5! This article goes into huge detail on each of the new features that have been added to Ext JS 5.

Delegated Events and Gestures in Ext JS 5

Ext JS 5 introduces a new event model which allows it to support touch gestures as well as mouse events. This article explains the new approach and how it might impact your existing applications.

Are You Ready for Ext JS 5?

With the release of Ext JS 5 beta Arthur Kay steps through some of the key parts of the upgrade process and where some of the difficulties might lie.
 


 

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Sencha

Uploading files from a Sencha Ext JS based app direct to Amazon S3

This tutorial from Daniel Gallo describes how to upload files from your Ext JS apps directly to Amazon S3.

JavaScript

JavaScript Frameworks - How to Learn Them Quickly

New JavaScript frameworks are being born every day but keeping up with them all and learning new ones can be quite difficult. This article talks about the main areas of a framework to focus on and the best way to learn how to use them.

Javascript Challenges

JavaScript Challenges is a free online book which challenges the reader to understand the most obscure and tricky areas of JavaScript.

Mixins, Forwarding, and Delegation in JavaScript

This technical essay discusses how to separate JavaScript domain properties from object behaviour without using prototypes.

HTML5

New HTML5 Attributes for Hyperlinks: download, media, and ping

Ian Oxley introduces the new HTML5 hyperlink attributes and shows us what they are for and how we can use them.

CSS

Frosting Glass with CSS Filters

This tutorial from Bear Travis talks about CSS Filters and how they can be used in today's browsers to create brilliant effects. The tutorial shows how to create a frosted glass effect over an image with CSS filters.

flexbox in 5 minutes

A quick tutorial and playground for understanding and exploring flexbox and how it works.


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