Ext

Take the user experience of your website to a new level with Ext GWT

• Explore the full range of features of the Ext GWT library through practical, step-by-step examples.
• Discover how to combine simple building blocks into powerful components.
• Create powerful Rich Internet Applications with features normally only found in desktop applications.
• Learn how to structure applications using MVC for maximum reliability and maintainability.

In Detail

Ext GWT, also known as GXT, takes Google Web Toolkit one step further by providing a wide range of powerful user interface components. It allows a developer to create powerful web applications that are almost like desktop applications. However to leverage all the features of this powerful Java library for creating desktop-style web applications, you need to learn how and when to use the right user interface component.

Ext GWT 2.0: Beginner's Guide is a practical book that teaches you how to use the EXT GWT library to its full potential. It provides a thorough and no-nonsense explanation of the Ext GWT library, what it offers and how to use it through practical examples. This book provides clear, step-by-step instructions for getting the most out of Ext GWT and offers practical examples and techniques that can be used for building your own applications in EXT GWT.

This book gets you up and running instantly to build powerful Rich Internet Applications (RIA) with Ext GWT. It then takes you through all the interface-building widgets and components of Ext GWT using practical examples to demonstrate when, where, and how to use each of them. Layouts, forms, panels, grids, trees, toolbars, menus, and many other components are covered in the many examples packed in this book. You will also learn to present your data in a better way with templates and use some of the most sought-after features of Ext GWT in your web applications such as drag-and-drop and charts. Throughout the book a real application is built step by step using Ext GWT and deployed to Google App Engine.

Imagine how great you'll feel when you're able to create great-looking desktop-style user interfaces for your web applications with Ext GWT!

A comprehensive beginner's guide to building powerful rich internet applications using the Ext GWT library.

What you will learn from this book

• Get a development environment up and running quickly
• Understand the working of Ext GWT and avoid common pitfalls
• Make web applications behave like desktop applications by using the many UI widgets of Ext GWT
• Design powerful, flexible forms to capture data
• Easily load and manipulate data in the browser from multiple sources
• Present information elegantly using templates
• Structure larger applications using the Model-View-Controller pattern to ensure that different components are independent of each other
• Create intuitive interfaces using drag and drop: a feature usually found only in desktop applications
• Display plenty of information in a very simple way with the wide range of charts available in EXT GWT
• Deploy applications to the world using Google App Engine

Approach

This is a hands-on beginner's guide that builds a complete Ext GWT application through the book visiting a new set of features in each chapter. You will learn the entire range of features available in the Ext GWT library. At every point you will be given practical examples and techniques that can easily be adapted for your own applications.

Who this book is written for

If you are a Java developer aspiring to build intuitive web applications with Ext GWT, then this book is for you. It assumes that you are familiar with HTML and CSS. Developers who wish to add an RIA look to their existing GWT applications with Ext GWT will find this book extremely useful.

Clear step-by-step recipes for building impressive rich internet applications using the Ext JS JavaScript library

• Master the Ext JS widgets and learn to create custom components to suit your needs
• Build striking native and custom layouts, forms, grids, listviews, treeviews, charts, tab panels, menus, toolbars and much more for your real-world user interfaces
• Packed with easy-to-follow examples to exercise all of the features of the Ext JS library
• Part of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possible

In Detail

Using Ext JS you can easily build desktop-style interfaces in your web applications. Over 400,000 developers are working smarter with Ext JS and yet most of them fail to exercise all of the features that this powerful JavaScript library has to offer.

Get to grips with all of the features that you would expect with this quick and easy-to-follow Ext JS Cookbook. This book provides clear instructions for getting the most out of Ext JS with and offers many exercises to build impressive rich internet applications. This cookbook shows techniques and "patterns" for building particular interface styles and features in Ext JS. Pick what you want and move ahead.

It teaches you how to use all of the Ext JS widgets and components smartly, through practical examples and exercises. Native and custom layouts, forms, grids, listviews, treeviews, charts, tab panels, menus, toolbars, and many more components are covered in a multitude of examples.The book also looks at best practices on data storage, application architecture, code organization, presenting recipes for improving them--our cookbook provides expert information for people working with Ext JS.

What you will learn from this book

• Work with different browsers, platforms, and the DOM, as well as determine and understand the different ExtJS data types
• Create your own custom Ext JS data types as you extend their functionality
• Build great-looking and friendly forms by using client and server-side field validation, form loading, submission, field customization, and layout techniques
• Explore the different layouts provided by the Ext JS library as well as create your own, and understand their common uses
• Display, edit, and group tabular data generated by the server using Grid Panels
• Explore the advantages and the efficiency tradeoffs of widgets such as Combo boxes
• Use the drag and drop features of the grid component, data editing with the new RowEditor Class, and the new lightweight ListView component
• Explore multiple ways of displaying master-details relationships
• Group components or information under the same container to build hierarchical views of information by using TabPanel components
• Use patterns to build a solid and flexible application architecture and implement additional design patterns such as auto-saving form elements, component state management, and code modules to build robust and flexible applications with Ext JS
• Build your own custom components on top of the Ext framework and enhance the custom components created by the Ext JS users' community

Approach

The Ext JS Cookbook contains step-by-step instructions for Ext JS users to build desktop-style interfaces in their own web applications. The book is designed so that you can refer to it chapter by chapter, or you can look at the list of recipes and read them in no particular order.

Who this book is written for

The Ext JS Cookbook is for Ext JS users who want a book of useful techniques, with explanations, that they can refer to and adapt to their purposes. Developers who are already familiar with Ext JS will find practical guidance and numerous examples covering most of the library's features and components that can be used as a solid foundation to build upon when creating rich internet applications.

Clear step-by-step recipes for building impressive rich internet applications using the Ext JS JavaScript library

• Master the Ext JS widgets and learn to create custom components to suit your needs
• Build striking native and custom layouts, forms, grids, listviews, treeviews, charts, tab panels, menus, toolbars and much more for your real-world user interfaces
• Packed with easy-to-follow examples to exercise all of the features of the Ext JS library
• Part of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possible

In Detail

Using Ext JS you can easily build desktop-style interfaces in your web applications. Over 400,000 developers are working smarter with Ext JS and yet most of them fail to exercise all of the features that this powerful JavaScript library has to offer.

Get to grips with all of the features that you would expect with this quick and easy-to-follow Ext JS Cookbook. This book provides clear instructions for getting the most out of Ext JS with and offers many exercises to build impressive rich internet applications. This cookbook shows techniques and "patterns" for building particular interface styles and features in Ext JS. Pick what you want and move ahead.

It teaches you how to use all of the Ext JS widgets and components smartly, through practical examples and exercises. Native and custom layouts, forms, grids, listviews, treeviews, charts, tab panels, menus, toolbars, and many more components are covered in a multitude of examples.The book also looks at best practices on data storage, application architecture, code organization, presenting recipes for improving them--our cookbook provides expert information for people working with Ext JS.

What you will learn from this book

• Work with different browsers, platforms, and the DOM, as well as determine and understand the different ExtJS data types
• Create your own custom Ext JS data types as you extend their functionality
• Build great-looking and friendly forms by using client and server-side field validation, form loading, submission, field customization, and layout techniques
• Explore the different layouts provided by the Ext JS library as well as create your own, and understand their common uses
• Display, edit, and group tabular data generated by the server using Grid Panels
• Explore the advantages and the efficiency tradeoffs of widgets such as Combo boxes
• Use the drag and drop features of the grid component, data editing with the new RowEditor Class, and the new lightweight ListView component
• Explore multiple ways of displaying master-details relationships
• Group components or information under the same container to build hierarchical views of information by using TabPanel components
• Use patterns to build a solid and flexible application architecture and implement additional design patterns such as auto-saving form elements, component state management, and code modules to build robust and flexible applications with Ext JS
• Build your own custom components on top of the Ext framework and enhance the custom components created by the Ext JS users' community

Approach

The Ext JS Cookbook contains step-by-step instructions for Ext JS users to build desktop-style interfaces in their own web applications. The book is designed so that you can refer to it chapter by chapter, or you can look at the list of recipes and read them in no particular order.

Who this book is written for

The Ext JS Cookbook is for Ext JS users who want a book of useful techniques, with explanations, that they can refer to and adapt to their purposes. Developers who are already familiar with Ext JS will find practical guidance and numerous examples covering most of the library's features and components that can be used as a solid foundation to build upon when creating rich internet applications.

Take the user experience of your website to a new level with Ext GWT

• Explore the full range of features of the Ext GWT library through practical, step-by-step examples.
• Discover how to combine simple building blocks into powerful components.
• Create powerful Rich Internet Applications with features normally only found in desktop applications.
• Learn how to structure applications using MVC for maximum reliability and maintainability.

In Detail

Ext GWT, also known as GXT, takes Google Web Toolkit one step further by providing a wide range of powerful user interface components. It allows a developer to create powerful web applications that are almost like desktop applications. However to leverage all the features of this powerful Java library for creating desktop-style web applications, you need to learn how and when to use the right user interface component.

Ext GWT 2.0: Beginner's Guide is a practical book that teaches you how to use the EXT GWT library to its full potential. It provides a thorough and no-nonsense explanation of the Ext GWT library, what it offers and how to use it through practical examples. This book provides clear, step-by-step instructions for getting the most out of Ext GWT and offers practical examples and techniques that can be used for building your own applications in EXT GWT.

This book gets you up and running instantly to build powerful Rich Internet Applications (RIA) with Ext GWT. It then takes you through all the interface-building widgets and components of Ext GWT using practical examples to demonstrate when, where, and how to use each of them. Layouts, forms, panels, grids, trees, toolbars, menus, and many other components are covered in the many examples packed in this book. You will also learn to present your data in a better way with templates and use some of the most sought-after features of Ext GWT in your web applications such as drag-and-drop and charts. Throughout the book a real application is built step by step using Ext GWT and deployed to Google App Engine.

Imagine how great you'll feel when you're able to create great-looking desktop-style user interfaces for your web applications with Ext GWT!

A comprehensive beginner's guide to building powerful rich internet applications using the Ext GWT library.

What you will learn from this book

• Get a development environment up and running quickly
• Understand the working of Ext GWT and avoid common pitfalls
• Make web applications behave like desktop applications by using the many UI widgets of Ext GWT
• Design powerful, flexible forms to capture data
• Easily load and manipulate data in the browser from multiple sources
• Present information elegantly using templates
• Structure larger applications using the Model-View-Controller pattern to ensure that different components are independent of each other
• Create intuitive interfaces using drag and drop: a feature usually found only in desktop applications
• Display plenty of information in a very simple way with the wide range of charts available in EXT GWT
• Deploy applications to the world using Google App Engine

Approach

This is a hands-on beginner's guide that builds a complete Ext GWT application through the book visiting a new set of features in each chapter. You will learn the entire range of features available in the Ext GWT library. At every point you will be given practical examples and techniques that can easily be adapted for your own applications.

Who this book is written for

If you are a Java developer aspiring to build intuitive web applications with Ext GWT, then this book is for you. It assumes that you are familiar with HTML and CSS. Developers who wish to add an RIA look to their existing GWT applications with Ext GWT will find this book extremely useful.

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Clear step-by-step recipes for building impressive rich internet applications using the Ext JS JavaScript library

• Master the Ext JS widgets and learn to create custom components to suit your needs
• Build striking native and custom layouts, forms, grids, listviews, treeviews, charts, tab panels, menus, toolbars and much more for your real-world user interfaces
• Packed with easy-to-follow examples to exercise all of the features of the Ext JS library
• Part of Packt's Cookbook series: Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete the task as efficiently as possible

In Detail

Using Ext JS you can easily build desktop-style interfaces in your web applications. Over 400,000 developers are working smarter with Ext JS and yet most of them fail to exercise all of the features that this powerful JavaScript library has to offer.

Get to grips with all of the features that you would expect with this quick and easy-to-follow Ext JS Cookbook. This book provides clear instructions for getting the most out of Ext JS with and offers many exercises to build impressive rich internet applications. This cookbook shows techniques and "patterns" for building particular interface styles and features in Ext JS. Pick what you want and move ahead.

It teaches you how to use all of the Ext JS widgets and components smartly, through practical examples and exercises. Native and custom layouts, forms, grids, listviews, treeviews, charts, tab panels, menus, toolbars, and many more components are covered in a multitude of examples.The book also looks at best practices on data storage, application architecture, code organization, presenting recipes for improving them--our cookbook provides expert information for people working with Ext JS.

What you will learn from this book

• Work with different browsers, platforms, and the DOM, as well as determine and understand the different ExtJS data types
• Create your own custom Ext JS data types as you extend their functionality
• Build great-looking and friendly forms by using client and server-side field validation, form loading, submission, field customization, and layout techniques
• Explore the different layouts provided by the Ext JS library as well as create your own, and understand their common uses
• Display, edit, and group tabular data generated by the server using Grid Panels
• Explore the advantages and the efficiency tradeoffs of widgets such as Combo boxes
• Use the drag and drop features of the grid component, data editing with the new RowEditor Class, and the new lightweight ListView component
• Explore multiple ways of displaying master-details relationships
• Group components or information under the same container to build hierarchical views of information by using TabPanel components
• Use patterns to build a solid and flexible application architecture and implement additional design patterns such as auto-saving form elements, component state management, and code modules to build robust and flexible applications with Ext JS
• Build your own custom components on top of the Ext framework and enhance the custom components created by the Ext JS users' community

Approach

The Ext JS Cookbook contains step-by-step instructions for Ext JS users to build desktop-style interfaces in their own web applications. The book is designed so that you can refer to it chapter by chapter, or you can look at the list of recipes and read them in no particular order.

Who this book is written for

The Ext JS Cookbook is for Ext JS users who want a book of useful techniques, with explanations, that they can refer to and adapt to their purposes. Developers who are already familiar with Ext JS will find practical guidance and numerous examples covering most of the library's features and components that can be used as a solid foundation to build upon when creating rich internet applications.