Sencha Official

Exploring the Layout System in Ext JS 5 and Sencha Touch

Ivan Jouikov explains how the layout system in Ext JS 5 works and how it compares with the layouts available in Sencha Touch.

SenchaCon 2013: Top 10 Sessions You May Have Missed

With the announcement of SenchaCon 2014 in November, Sencha catch up on the top 10 sessions from last year's SenchaCon.

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Sencha

Learn from Saki

Saki's legendary site of Ext JS examples has had a revamp recently bringing fresh new examples to learn from.

Why We're Excited About Sencha's Ext JS 5

This article gives an overview of some of the features developers should be getting excited about with Ext JS 5.

Create dynamic Sencha models from your server-side

A quick tip describing how to create model definitions based on structure sent from the server.

JavaScript

Creating defensive objects with ES6 proxies

We've all had a case where we've tried to access a non-existent property on an object and wonder why we are receiving an undefined value back. This article introduces a technique using Proxies to alert you to this fact and save you valuable debugging time.

Debugging Asynchronous JavaScript with Chrome DevTools

Chrome Canary DevTools has introduced the ability to view the full call stack including all asynchronous callbacks. This will make following the chain of method calls much easier and help us find bugs faster.

CSS vs. JS Animation: Which is Faster?

This article talks about the performance differences between CSS and JavaScript animation. It also introduces Velocity.js which is an animation library that creates very performant animations with JavaScript.

JavaScript Event KeyCodes

A handy little utility site that displays the JavaScript keycode of a pressed key.

5 Ways that CSS and JavaScript Interact That You May Not Know About

This blog post describes a number of interesting ways that you can use JavaScript to interact with CSS.

HTML5

PhoneGap Developer App

PhoneGap have released a new Developer App that lets you quickly view your apps in a PhoneGap shell allowing you to speed up your workflow of viewing your apps in situ.

The Runtime Performance Checklist

A great article running down some of the most common causes of performance issues affecting how users use our sites.

CSS

12 Little-Known CSS Facts

A rundown of some CSS facts that you may not know about.

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