Sencha Touch Introduction

Sencha Touch

Sencha Touch, a high-performance HTML5 mobile application framework, is the cornerstone of the Sencha HTML5 platform. Built for enabling world-class user experiences, Sencha Touch is the only framework that enables developers to build fast and impressive apps that work on iOS, Android, BlackBerry etc.

Sencha Touch 2.1 is the latest version of the market leading mobile app framework. This release focuses on improving performance and adding features to make developers more productive. The updated list component now supports infinite scrolling, enabling apps to show an unlimited amount of data.

An all-new, ultra high performance version of Charts is included as a part of Touch (available as GPLv3 or as a part of Sencha Complete and Complete: Team). Charts now adds retina display support, new financial charts, and improvements to the Draw and Chart packages for expanded flexibility. Finally, Sencha Touch 2.1 provides enhanced native support through the Sencha Mobile Packager, which is now part of the new Sencha Cmd. 

Sencha Cmd

Sencha Cmd is the cornerstone to build your Sencha application. From scaffolding a new project, to minifying and deploying your application to production, Sencha Cmd provides a full set of lifecycle management features to compliment your Sencha project.

Features:

Built on HTML5 Technology

Sencha Touch 2, a high-performance HTML5 mobile application framework, is the cornerstone of the Sencha HTML5 platform. Built for enabling world-class user experiences, Sencha Touch 2 is the only framework that enables developers to build fast and impressive apps that work on iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Kindle Fire, and more.

Smoother Scrolling and Animations

Sencha Touch 2 provides a user experience unparalleled in HTML5. Fluid animations and smooth scrolling make Sencha Touch 2 apps come alive, rivaling native technology. Lists, carousels, and other components scroll smoothly and naturally, with a high frame rate across a wide range of devices. The framework automatically uses the best scrolling mechanism for each device, resulting in a great experience everywhere.

Adaptive Layouts

Sencha Touch’s novel layout engine leverages HTML5 in powerful ways to let developers build complex applications that respond, load, and layout in a snap. Switching from landscape to portrait happens nearly instantaneously, and applications load in fractions of a second as Sencha Touch 2’s advanced layout engine ensures pixel perfection.

Native Packaging

Web applications work everywhere. But there are still a few features uniquely available to native apps — like camera access and app store distribution — that are essential to app developers. Sencha SDK Tools give you the best of both worlds, providing a way to seamlessly “wrap” your web app in a native shell. Whether you’re on Mac or Windows, you’re one command away from deploying to the Apple App Store or Android Market.