http://wwww.sencha.com/company/press/ Media mentions of Sencha frameworks and technology, including Sencha Touch, Ext JS, and Ext GWT. en-us tim@zingpr.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-14T00:32:50+00:00 We reported on Flex's acceptance into the Apache incubator back in January. Do you think that the platform will continue to be actively developed in the coming months and years, or will it die out relatively quickly? Was Adobe's jettisoning the project, and the broader move away from mobile Flash, really its death knell? Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:32 GMT http://webdev360.com/q-a-ted-patrick-head-of-dev-relations-at-sencha-40835.html Sencha, the company behind the increasingly popular Sencha Touch mobile Web toolkit, has published a hands-on analysis of Chrome for Android in the latest installment of the company's HTML5 Developer Scorecard series, which rates the advanced Web capabilities of new mobile devices and browsers. The report is largely positive and highlights some important new Web features supported by Chrome for Android, such as the new -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch CSS property. The report concludes that Chrome for Android is "a big leap forward" for Android. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:31 GMT http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/html5-bullets-sencha-labs-issues-developer-scorecard-for-chrome-on-android.ars Cloud application framework company Sencha has targeted Adobe Flex developers looking to build HTML5 applications with a fast track promo program. The company's "Designer" and "Touch" application builder and JavaScript framework are positioned as a reasonable fit for Flex developers who want to reach the rapidly growing market for HTML5 applications. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:47 GMT http://drdobbs.com/cloud/232600689 Development tool maker Sencha has launched a new program aimed at convincing developers who use Adobe Flex to give Sencha's HTML5 tools a try. The program includes a free webinar, road show training events, white papers and new features that make it easier to use existing back ends with user interfaces that utilize Sencha technology. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:30 GMT http://www.developer.com/daily_news/sencha-goes-after-flex-developers-with-new-program.html Sencha has launched a program to try to get Adobe Flex developers to move to HTML5 development using Sencha's tools and frameworks. The new program provides Flex developers a variety of ways to become familiar with the Sencha suite of professional tools, which include Sencha Designer, an application builder for mobile and desktop Web applications, and Sencha Touch, a JavaScript framework for developing HTML5 Web apps and mobile-packaged applications. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:08 GMT http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Sencha-Launches-Adobe-Flex-to-HTML5-Program-for-Developers-355046/ Flex developers who want to develop rich Web apps and user experiences will now be able to leverage the Sencha suite of professional tools, which have been designed to enable faster and seamless transition to open Web technologies that are HTML5-based, in order to develop HTML5 Web apps and mobile-packaged applications. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:11 GMT http://html5.tmcnet.com/topics/html5/articles/264614-sencha-speeds-up-transition-html5-based-development-flex.htm When programming apps for mobile devices, choice becomes dilemma. Do you target the iPhone market at the expense of Android's rising tide? Do you go native or write code to the mobile Web? Sure, a single stack of code that performs optimally on a variety of platforms and form factors would be the dream, but the reality is a fragmented mobile market in which rudimentary programming tasks can be a challenge. Thankfully, a talented crop of developers are building worthwhile mobile tools and libraries to aid mobile developers -- especially those who are targeting the mobile Web. Here are a dozen eye-catching projects that ease the pain of developing apps for the mobile Web. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:19 GMT http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/249560/12_essential_programming_tools_for_the_mobile_web.html In early December, Google released the latest major upgrade to its Android mobile operating system, Android 4, codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich. For Web developers, this represented a prime litmus test of Android: could HTML5 be a viable cross-platform solution for building on both iOS and Android? At Sencha, we've examined the latest versions of both Apple's iOS (version 5) and Android (version 4) to understand what each platform offers the Web application developer and its specific advantages and merits Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:16 GMT http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/android-or-ios-which-platform-better-html5/2012-02-03 Today we released Sencha Touch 2.0 PR4 – the fourth and final preview release before we hit beta. While we’re technically calling this one a preview release, we’re pretty happy with the performance, stability and overall quality of this release and consider it exceptionally close to beta quality. As well as a good number of enhancements and bug fixes PR4 brings a couple of long-awaited improvements to two of the most important parts of Sencha Touch – the data package and the application architecture. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:26 GMT http://mobile.dzone.com/articles/sencha-touch-2-pr4-–-big There are many ways of creating Web applications and creating them for the enterprises is not the same as developing a Web site for a pizzeria in your neighborhood. During the last five years we’ve been using mainly Adobe Flex for development of the front end of Web applications. Flex applications work in a well known and predictable run-time environment called Flash Player. The code is compiled and you have convenient tools for development. Flex is undergoing “Under New Management” transformations these days. Even though Flex remains the best framework for development of Web applications, you can feel the pressure of HTML5. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01 GMT http://flex.sys-con.com/node/2144167 CEO of web framework and tool provider Sencha, Michael Mullany, states “Looking at the phenomenal rise of HTML5 as the next industry standard for Web development, it's clear that 2011 has been a transformational year for this powerful set of Web technologies.” Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:33 GMT http://www.sys-con.com/node/2138561 In 2005, Adobe acquired Macromedia for $3.4 billion to branch out from conventional print publishing into the dynamic web market, largely to get ahold of Flash. Using web standards, Apple has bridged conventional publishing with dynamic, interactive animation in iBooks Author, and Sencha has demonstrated how to extend iBooks with custom, Flash-free animations. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:32 GMT http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/01/23/sencha_embeds_interactive_css3_animations_in_ibook_author_.html In case you have not been paying attention RIM is making a huge focus on mobile browser/web development and HTML5 as a platform for the BlackBerry PlayBook OS and BlackBerry 10. A friend of mine sent me a great article by Sencha listing their 2012 HTML5 wishlist and it was interesting to see that their number one wish for “Better Mobile Browser Debugging” is something the BlackBerry PlayBook has done since launch and now BlackBerry smartphones have it too. As somebody once told me the best way to debug a Website/HTML5 App for any mobile platform is on the BlackBerry PlayBook. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:40 GMT http://www.berryreview.com/2012/01/20/is-rim-blazing-the-trail-for-html5-mobile-development-for-developers/ Sencha, which creates frameworks, tools and services for developers to build Web applications using JavaScript and HTML5, has released its 2012 HTML5 Wish List. "Looking at the phenomenal rise of HTML5 as the next industry standard for Web development, it's clear that 2011 has been a transformational year for this powerful set of Web technologies," said Michael Mullany, CEO of Sencha. He said Sencha's offerings give Web application developers the ability to "harness emerging HTML5 technologies and create highly functional Web applications that erase the line between native apps and Web apps." Sencha also issued a 2011 wish list, and out of the 10 wishes, four came to be. The four wishes that came through were: A richer CSS3 effects toolbox; high-performance position for mobile browsers; pervasive GPU acceleration; and Websockets stabilization. Sencha's 2012 list includes wishes such as better mobile browser debugging, a contacts API, IndexedDB and better offline caching. This slide show offers the full Sencha wish list. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:55 GMT http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/HTML5-Developers-Top-10-Wishes-for-2012-121765/ Based on on the research conducted in the underground labs of Farata Systems, I can report that our JavaScript framework of choice is Ext JS by Sencha. This framework can serve as a solid foundation for any serious JavaScript development. We’ll also use a couple of more lighter frameworks on as needed basis. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:37 GMT http://flex.sys-con.com/node/2124139 AT&T's HTML5 SDK is built around Sencha Touch and Ext JS. Sencha Touch is a powerful user interface framework developed by Sencha Labs that is used for building touchscreen-friendly mobile Web applications. One of the strengths of Sencha Touch is that it offers a standard widget set that allows developers to create mobile Web experiences that feel like native applications. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:36 GMT http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/att-offers-html5-sdk-for-third-party-mobile-web-app-developers.ars Sencha has revealed its HTML5 wish-list for 2012, and also what from its 2011 list came true. According to the post by Michael Mullany, the hit-rate during 2011 was four out of 10. Those items that came to pass were a richer CSS3 effects toolbox, high-performance 'position: fixed' for mobile, pervasive GPU acceleration, and websockets stabilisation. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:00 GMT http://www.netmagazine.com/news/sencha-unveils-annual-html5-wish-list-121688 What do developers want to see for HTML5 in 2012? It is an evolving standard and while 2011 was a great year for HTML5 innovation, there are still many aspects that could be implemented or upgraded. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:40 GMT http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2012/01/the-developers-wish-list-for-h.php In April 2010 Apple founder Steve Jobs wrote a letter released publicly that called out Flash as proprietary and slow in explaining to millions of computer users why his company was throwing its weight behind technologies such as HTML5. HTML5 allows programmers to incorporate neat effects for Websites and apps on their desktops, tablets and smartphones without tailoring apps for specific hardware or online stores. Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen fired back at Jobs in defense of Flash, but the die had been cast, at least for Flash on mobile devices. Fast forward to November 2011, when Adobe conceded that Flash was perhaps not the best user experience for mobile devices. Even if 2011 technically wasn't the year Adobe's Flash multimedia software died, it was certainly the year HTML5 soared to new heights under the aegis of tech titans such as Google, Apple, Microsoft and others. Now eWEEK walks through a sampling of HTML5 use cases, product news and happenings of 2011. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:27 GMT http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Google-Apple-Amazon-Push-HTML5-to-the-Fore-as-Adobe-Flash-Falls-214208/ There are also a variety of different single-code-based export applications available for mobile developers, like Sencha’s SenchaTouch software. Many of these allow developers to create an application, and then export it to mobile HTML5, iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 applications. These may prove to be essential as the HTML5 standard is further established. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:08 GMT http://sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=36208&page=2