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Upgrading to Ext JS 5: Tests Are Your Friend

Ext JS 5 is just around the corner and making sure your upgrade path is as smooth as possible will be high on everyone's priority list. Mats Bryntse talks about how we can use tests to ensure upgrading our apps don't break any functionality.

Ext JS 5: MVC, MVVM and More

Ext JS 5 introduces a new architecture pattern - MVVM. Arthur Kay discusses this new pattern and how it fits into your Ext JS apps.

Using ViewControllers in Ext JS 5

View Controllers are another new concept to Ext JS 5 which Don Griffin explores in this article.

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Upgrading to Ext JS 5 in five easy steps!

This guide talks about the top reasons for upgrading your applications to Ext JS 5 and also offers some simple steps to kicking off the upgrade process.

JavaScript

The Curious Case of JavaScript NaN

Ariya Hidayat explains how we should deal with NaNs and how the spec has changed to include an isNaN function.

HTML5

8 HTML Elements You're Not Using (and Should Be)

Landon Schropp discusses some HTML tags that you might not be making full use of and some you thought should be avoided!

PhoneGap Tip: Temporarily changing orientation for video in a portrait only application

Restricting the orientation of an app is often a desirable requirement but there are times when you want to temporarily allow an app to use the other orientation, for example with video. This quick tip shows you how to toggle the allowed orientation of an app with PhoneGap.

A More Compatible, Smoother Touch

There are various models around for implementing touch events. This article talks about the main 4 and how Chrome is changing to a different way of handling these events.

CSS

Fixing Typography Inside of CSS 2-D Transforms

Text rendered within elements that are transformed can result in some jaggy edges - this tutorial explains some ways to avoid this situation and ensure text always looks great.

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