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How to integrate sencha touch plus phone gap?

What other skills or education do I need to understand Sencha Touch and other similar systems?

  • I wanted to expand my skills into touch screen mobile app development by doing a test project for a friend. I am strong with HTML/CSS so instead of learning xcode, I decided to try using web languages to develop native-like apps with Sencha Touch. I thought it would be easy, but it was not. Installation using cmd was new for me and I could not figure out the framework I think because I am weak with javascript. The whole experience was very humblind. So I switched over to jQuery Mobile to complete my test project. I understood it in a flash, but the results were unimpressive (poor slide motion interaction) and I'd like to go back to Sencha Touch, but I know that I need to learn more skills first. What do you think I need to know to get comfortable with Sencha Touch?

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    Do some basic javascript courses online (most are free), and learn more about HTML5 and CSS using Compass. The guides in the documentation are great also.

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You need to know event-oriented, functional-style JavaScript to use Sencha Touch. Even using jQuery will need it at some point, when you go beyond standard UI elements. The difference is that jQuery uses the HTML as the framework for the UI. Sencha builds it dynamically based on code declarations. Given your knowledge of HTML and CSS, jQuery will give you more benefits upfront, so maybe you'd like to work on its performance. There's already some discussion on that here in Quora.

Miguel Paraz

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