Practical Ext JS Projects with Gears

Description

Discover Ext JS, one of today's most powerful and highly regarded JavaScript frameworks, with perhaps the best set of GUI widgets around, and a whole host of components that make developing client - side applications a breeze. Using a pragmatic approach, you'll dissect seven full - fledged applications, covering

* How Ext JS allows you to create these applications with a slick user interface with a minimum of effort
* How the other parts of Ext JS aside from the GUI widgets provide many of the capabilities modern applications need, such as Ajax and data mechanisms
* How other technologies such as Gears can be brought in to make the applications more powerful What you'll learn
* Get an understanding of one of today's hottest JavaScript frameworks and libraries, Ext JS.
* Develop interesting Web 2.0 "front ends," RIAs (Rich Internet Applications), and more.
* Create a number of applications from the projects or pragmatic case studies that the author gives you.
* Create an organizer, timekeeper, a code cabinet, and more.
* Get back to basics and back ends using a SQL workbench, Google Gears, and Ext BASIC.
* Pull it all together by designing a game using Ext JS. Who this book is for

    Web application developers, senior project leads, and application architects.

    Table of Contents
* Introducing Web Development with Ext JS
* Widgets and Advanced Ext JS
* Ext JS for a Busy Lifestyle: OrganizerExt
* Making Project Management Cool: TimekeeperExt
* A Place for Your Stuff: Code Cabinet Ext
* When the Yellow Pages Just Isn't Cool Enough: Local Business Searc
* Your Dad Had a Workbench, Now So Do You: SQL Workbench
* All Work and No Play: Dueling Cards
* Managing Your Finances: Finance Master