Sencha Touch - looking for a good tutorial / getting started for a content application [closed]

Question

I'm trying to build a mobile "content" application that will be used to display many pages of mostly text, using Sencha Touch (based on ExtJs). I'm familiar with JQuery & JQTouch; I've never used ExtJs before.

What's the best/fastest way to get started?

I started with the "icons" demo and was able to add a scroll property ('vertical') to have content be scrollable between the top and bottom tabs (that's actually what brought me to Sencha Touch: the ability to have "fixed" toolbars).

But now what? How do I update content?

In an ExtJs tutorial (here, near the bottom of the page) it says that one can act on an Element object to load content to an element; but that does not seem to be usable in the same way in the "icons" Sencha Touch demo.

Any help appreciated!

Answer 1

[Sencha person] I would recommend starting with the "Getting Started" guide that helps you write the GeoTweet sample application:

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Update: since we released Touch 2.0 - you should start here: http://docs.sencha.com/touch/2-1/ which has links to all the getting started materials

If you're coming from jQuery/jQTouch, you'll find that Sencha does things quite a bit differently. Essentially, with Sencha Touch you're writing an object-oriented javascript application that generates HTML markup (usually bound to variables/stores) vs. with jQTouch - creating HTML markup that then gets manipulated by javascript.

I would also look at some of the better mini-apps that we've seen in the wild so far to guide you.

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Update: We now have a gallery of apps for you to see what people have been up to.

Answer 2

I myself am currently reading up on Sencha Touch, and found the following tutorials/articles:

• Hello World: http://www.sencha.com/learn/Tutorial:Sencha_Touch_Hello_World
• Getting Started: http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/touch/getting-started.html
• MVC and PhoneGap: http://www.sencha.com/learn/Tutorial:A_Sencha_Touch_MVC_application_with_PhoneGap
• MVC: http://myxaab.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/sencha-touch-mvc-application-part-2/
• Data Package: http://www.sencha.com/blog/using-the-data-package-in-sencha-touch

Also, check out the examples packed within the framework and the Forums. Finally check out this example.

update: found this one http://www.andreacammarata.com/en/corsi/sencha-touch/setup.html Also, i read that a Sencha Touch book "in action" will be out by the summer...

Answer 3

This is quite good and easy to follow: Writing a Sencha Touch Application

Answer 4

I am also a sencha touch learner,I just get the toturial from sencha official website. maybe you can hava a look this link: http://www.sencha.com/learn/my-first-sencha-touch-experience It is from sencha website.