Getting Started Guide: Front-end Development

Developers

• We sometimes hang out in #raxa on Freenode (Chat here: http://webchat.freenode.net/).

• GitHub

  • Github Help

  • Git... for people who know SVN

  • Fork a Github Repro http://help.github.com/fork-a-repo/

  • Send a Pull Request http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/

  • View all of our developers' code which has been forked from Raxa-JSS: https://github.com/Raxa/Raxa-JSS/network/members

• Sencha / ExtJS (JavaScript framework)

  • Sencha Touch 2.0 (mobile) Official docs

  • Sencha Architect

  • Sencha Tutorials

    • Writing a Sencha Touch MVC Application 

    • Writing a Sencha Touch 2.0 Application

  • ExtJS (desktop) Official docs

  • Application Architecture in ExtJS4

  • 20 Things To Avoid/Do When Getting Started With Ext JS & Sencha Touch

  • List of tutorials: http://www.sencha.com/learn/touch/ ; http://imwill.com/sencha-touch-tutorials/

  • Videos

    • SenchaCon 2011: MVC in Depth Part 1 https://vimeo.com/33311074 (Sencha 2)

    • SenchaCon 2011: MVC in Depth Part 2 https://vimeo.com/33430731 (Sencha 2)

    • SenchaCon 2011: The Sencha Class System https://vimeo.com/33437222

    • An Introduction to Carousels http://vimeo.com/24475654

    • Working with Forms - http://www.sencha.com/learn/working-with-forms/

    • Intro to Panels - http://vimeo.com/15879797

    • Tabs and Toolbars - http://vimeo.com/22251762

    • Intro to Nested List Component - http://vimeo.com/20580117

• Jasmine (JavaScript testing)

  • Homepage http://pivotal.github.com/jasmine/ and wiki https://github.com/pivotal/jasmine/wiki

  • Tutorial: http://evanhahn.com/?p=181

  • Using Jasmine with Sencha: http://docs.sencha.com/ext-js/4-0/#!/guide/testing