Archive for February, 2009
Ext-doc.org : Making Ext JS style Documentation available to everyone
Posted on 22. Feb, 2009 by Jay Garcia.
The success of the framework can be contributed to one huge factor, documentation, documentation – one more time – documentation! OK, that out of the way, the Ext 2.x documentation is arguably the best in the market for any API. In my honest opinion, it beats the crap out of the API docs from many [...]
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Ext JS in Action: Chapter 05 Completed, Chapter 06 to start
Posted on 22. Feb, 2009 by Jay Garcia.
To those of you who are currently subscribed to MEAP, I have submitted chapter 05 (Forms and form fields) for review today and will start on working on chapter 06, the datagrid today. For a preview of some of the code examples, visit: http://tdg-i.com/extjsinaction/chapter05/
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Ext JS Screencast #007 Create Delegate and Scope
Posted on 13. Feb, 2009 by Jay Garcia.
Ext JS Screencast #007 Create Delegate and Scope from Jay Garcia on Vimeo. Ext JS Screencast #007 Create Delegate and Scope Help me deliver these videos to you faster! Editing and compressing h.264 video for screencasts has become insanely expensive in terms of time. A 40 minute 720p video can take up to four or [...]
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TDG-i.iconMgr updated with sprites for iconViewer
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Jay Garcia.
One of the largest issues with the TDGi.iconMgr class was the fact that it used individual icons instead of one large file. I still argue that a single huge file is too much for a browser to download on the internet. This argument, however, does not work well for intranet applications, where speed doesn’t matter. [...]
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Announcing the production of “Ext JS In Action”
Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by Jay Garcia.
I’m very excited to announce the up and coming book “Ext JS in Action” via Manning, which is focused on Ext 3.0. Being that the manuscript is still in production, you can get early access to the chapters as they are being produced via the Manning Early Access Program. Here is the TOC (which is [...]