Sencha Product Roadmap

Talk delivered at the Sencha Amsterdam Meetup.

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1. Daniel Gallo @DanielJGallo Sencha Product Roadmap
2. Who am I? • Daniel Gallo (@DanielJGallo) • Technical Sales Engineer for Sencha • Based in the UK • Using Sencha’s frameworks since 2009 • Joined Sencha in February 2012 • Background in web app development (ASP.NET C#)
3. What I’ll be talking about • Sencha roadmap: • Recent releases • Future releases • Sencha Space: • What is it? • What problem does it help solve?
4. Sencha Roadmap
5. Recently released • Grid component * • Improved BlackBerry support • Full Apache Cordova support • Tizen support Sencha Touch * Part of Sencha Complete & Sencha Touch Bundle • Project templates • User extensions • Theming and styling • Code completion • Device testing in the cloud with Appurify Sencha Architect Sencha Cmd • Apache Cordova integration
6. Short term roadmap • Touch interface support • Tablet theme • Grid gadgets • MVC Routing • Two-way data binding • Charts package upgrade • Improved ARIA support Sencha Ext JS Sencha GXT • Theme builder • Improved ARIA support • Touch interface support • Tablet theme • Further documentation
7. Short term roadmap • 3.0.2 minor update released last week ! • 3.1.0 with new features released later: • Template improvements • Theming improvements • Build/deploy enhancements (Cmd integration, PhoneGap Build) • Simplifying/abstracting overly complex layouts/controllers
 (allowing new users to create apps without so many config options) Sencha Architect
8. Sencha Roadmap in Detail
9. Sencha Architect - Templates • Organisations can define custom templates • Get new users up and running faster • Start with clean code • Quick path to learning Sencha frameworks and coding practices
10. Sencha Architect - User extensions • Organisations get to build and share extensions amongst their developers • Sencha extension developers can distribute their components to Architect users
11. Sencha Architect - Theming • Create, save and share customised themes • Exposes styling directly in Architect • Access SASS styling variables within Architect
12. Sencha Architect - Code completion • Common feature request in Architect • Enhances the overall coding experience
13. Sencha Touch - Grid • Touch optimised grid • Smooth scrolling • Row editing • Paging • Column customisations • Multi-selection • Column grouping
14. Sencha Ext JS - Grid gadgets • Rich and interactive components within grid cells • Very light-weight, e.g. no lifecycle methods such as initComponent etc
18. Sencha Space
19. Sencha Space - Overview A secure and managed environment for business applications that works on every mobile device
20. Sencha Space - Intro Video
21. Sencha Space - Parts 1. Sencha Space App 2. Admin Console
22. Sencha Space - APIs
23. Sencha Space - APIs Secure Data Store data on the device using an encrypted store Secure Files Store unstructured or 
 binary data securely Invoke Let apps running inside of 
 Sencha Space talk to each other and share data
24. Sencha Space - SDK <script 
 src="http://space.sencha.io/space.js">
 </script> • Just add this to your page:
25. Sencha Space - SDK Ext.onSpaceReady(function(){ // Use Space APIs }); • Use the onSpaceReady callback to check when initialised:
26. Sencha Space - SDK if(Ext.isSpace){ // Space specific code } else { // Fallback behaviour } • Fallback if not running in the Space environment:
27. Sencha Space - SDK Zero 
 Sencha Touch dependencies
37. Sencha Space - Further Info • Developer Preview: • sencha.com/products/space/register ! • API Documentation and Guides: • docs-origin.sencha.com/space/1.0.0/ ! • Videos: • vimeo.com/sencha
38. Questions
39. Create amazing apps built on web standards