Ext.NET Web Application Development - Softcover

Anup Shah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849693242 ISBN 13: 9781849693240

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

If you’re looking to build .NET based rich internet applications, look no further. This is the ideal primer that takes you step by step through the practical aspects of combining Ext.NET and Ext JS, and much more.

Overview

• Build rich internet applications using the power of Ext.NET controls
• Learn how Ext.NET leverages Sencha’s popular Ext JS JavaScript framework to provide a full client-server web development experience
• Full of examples and tips, with clear step-by-step instructions

In Detail

To build a rich internet application, you need to integrate a powerful client side JavaScript framework with a server side framework. Ext.NET achieves this by integrating Sencha’s Ext JS framework with the power of ASP.NET. The result – a sophisticated framework offering a vast array of controls, layout, and powerful AJAX and server bindings, which can be used to build rich, highly usable web applications.

"Ext.NET Web Application Development" shows you how to build rich applications using Ext.NET. Examples guide you through Ext.NET’s various components using both ASP.NET Web Forms and MVC examples. You will also see how Ext.NET handles data binding and server integration. You will also learn how to create reusable components and put them together in great looking applications.

This book guides you through the various Ext.NET components and capabilities to enable you to create highly usable Ext.NET components and web applications.

You will learn about various UI components and numerous layout options through examples. You will see how the AJAX architecture enables you to create powerful data-oriented applications easily. This book will also teach you how to create reusable custom components to suit your needs.

"Ext.NET Web Application Development" shows you how to create rich and usable applications using Ext.NET through numerous examples.

What you will learn from this book

• Understand how Ext.NET and Ext JS fit together to help create applications with seamless server side integration
• Learn how to organize controls and layouts to create highly interactive UIs with the richness of desktop-like applications
• Understand the different AJAX options available to interact with the server and choose the techniques that suit your needs
• Know the various options to represent and model data, locally or remotely, and reuse them where needed
• Learn how to build sophisticated grids, trees, and other AJAX-based components that interact with the server efficiently
• Gain confidence in extending components and creating plugins for reusability and maintainability
• Create user-friendly forms with rich and custom client and server side validation
• Learn how to troubleshoot your applications

Approach

This is a step-by-step tutorial packed with examples and tips to learn Ext.NET from scratch.

Who this book is written for

This book is written for .NET Web Application Developers who are familiar with ASP.NET looking to build .NET based Rich Internet Applications. Whether you are new to Ext JS or you are looking to use your existing Ext JS skills in a .NET environment, this book will be useful for you.

About this title

Product Description

This is a step-by-step tutorial packed with examples and tips to learn Ext.NET from scratch. This book is written for .NET Web Application Developers who are familiar with ASP.NET looking to build .NET based Rich Internet Applications. Whether you are new to Ext JS or you are looking to use your existing Ext JS skills in a .NET environment, this book will be useful for you.

About the Author

Anup Shah

Anup Shah has been a professional software and web developer since 1997. After graduating from Manchester University with a First Class Honors degree in Computing and Information Systems, he got a job in the United States. There, he soon headed the web development for a rapidly growing dot com, experiencing both the highs and lows of the first dot com bubble.

After a number of years there he moved back to England where he grew up and joined a small dynamic software company working as a consultant, architect, and web developer for some high profile retail e-commerce websites, including some of the world's largest.

Around 2007, while at the same company, he changed focus from a consulting role to a product development role, responsible for the user interface of a complex retail web application product. It was at this time he came across Ext.NET (or Coolite as it was known back then) and rapidly adopted it and introduced it into the company's product.

Anup can be found on the Ext.NET forums, and contacted via his blog, http://www.onenaught.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849693242
• ISBN 13: 9781849693240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 410