Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook

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Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: DOM and Data Types, the Ext JS Way
  • Introduction
  • Detecting browsers and platforms used by clients
  • Retrieving DOM nodes and elements
  • Acquiring references to Ext JS components
  • Running high-performance DOM queries
  • Encoding and decoding JSON
  • Encoding and decoding URL data
  • Determining the object type and converting empty references to a default value
  • Finding objects in an array and removing array items
  • Manipulating strings à la Ext JS
  • Effortless range checking for numbers
  • Formatting, parsing, and manipulating dates
  • Preventing naming conflicts and scoping non-global variables
  • Extending JavaScript objects, the Ext JS way
  • Adding features to the Ext JS classes
  • Building custom JavaScript classes that inherit the functionality of Ext JS

• Chapter 2: Laying Out a Rich User Interface
  • Introduction
  • Laying out items within a container using CSS-style absolute positioning
  • Maintaining components' proportions when their containers are resized
  • Stacking items with an accordion layout
  • Wizard style UI using a card layout
  • Using a tabbed look
  • Taking all the browser window's real estate
  • Positioning components in multiple columns
  • Using the table layout
  • Creating a modern application layout with collapsible regions
  • A custom column layout
  • A three-panel application layout with a single line of code
  • Creating a portal and a portlets catalog

• Chapter 3: Load, Validate, and Submit Forms
  • Introduction
  • Specifying the required fields in a form
  • Setting the minimum and maximum length allowed for a field's value
  • Changing the location where validation errors are displayed
  • Deferring field validation until form submission
  • Creating validation functions for URLs, email addresses, and other types of data
  • Confirming passwords and validating dates using relational field validation
  • Rounding up your validation strategy with server-side validation of form fields
  • Loading form data from the server
  • Serving the XML data to a form
  • Using forms for file uploads
  • Building friendlier forms using text hints

• Chapter 4: Fun with Combo Boxes and Date Fields
  • Introduction
  • Using the combo box with local data
  • Displaying remote data with a combo box
  • Combo box with autocomplete
  • How the combo box helps you type
  • Converting an HTML drop-down list into an Ext combo box
  • Cascading combo boxes
  • Using templates to change the look of combo box items
  • Using paging to handle a large number of combo box items
  • The different ways to set up disabled dates in a date field
  • The date range selector

• Chapter 5: Using Grid Panels to Display and Edit Tabular Data
  • Introduction
  • Displaying XML data sent by the server
  • Displaying JSON data generated by the server
  • Creating a grid that uses server-side sorting
  • Implementing data paging
  • Data grouping with live group summaries
  • Creating data previews
  • Creating a grid panel with expandable rows
  • Using checkboxes to select grid rows
  • Numbering rows in a grid panel
  • Changing grid panel data using cell editors
  • Automatic uploading of data edited with a grid
  • Performing batch uploads of data edited with a grid
  • Changing a grid's data store and columns at runtime

• Chapter 6: More Applications of Grid and List Views
  • Introduction
  • Creating a master-details view with a grid and a panel
  • Creating a master-details view with a grid and a form
  • Creating a master-details view with a combo box and a grid
  • Creating a master-details view with two grids
  • Displaying large recordsets with a buffered grid
  • Using the lightweight ListView class
  • Editing rows with the RowEditor plugin
  • Adding tool tips to grid cells
  • Using the PropertyGrid class
  • Using drag-and-drop between two grids

• Chapter 7: Keeping Tabs on Your Trees
  • Introduction
  • Handling tab activation
  • Loading tab data with Ajax
  • Adding tabs dynamically
  • Enhancing a TabPanel with plugins: The Close menu
  • Enhancing a TabPanel with plugins: The TabScroller menu
  • Populating tree nodes with server-side data
  • Tree and panel in a master-details relationship
  • The multi-column TreePanel
  • Drag-and-drop between tree panels
  • Drag-and-drop from a tree to a panel

• Chapter 8: Making Progress with Menus and Toolbars
  • Introduction
  • Placing buttons in a toolbar
  • Working with the new ButtonGroup component
  • Placing menus in a toolbar
  • Commonly used menu items
  • Embedding a progress bar in a status bar
  • Creating a custom look for the status bar items
  • Using a progress bar to indicate that your application is busy
  • Using a progress bar to report progress updates
  • Changing the look of a progress bar

• Chapter 9: Well-charted Territory
  • Introduction
  • Setting up a line chart to display local data
  • Setting up a line chart to display data retrieved from the server
  • Setting up a column chart to display local data
  • Setting up a column chart to display data retrieved from the server
  • Displaying local data with a pie chart
  • Displaying remote data with a pie chart
  • Using a chart component to display multiple data series
  • Creating an auto-refreshing chart
  • Configuring the Slider component to display a custom tip
  • Enhancing the Slider component with custom tick marks

• Chapter 10: Patterns in Ext JS
  • Introduction
  • Sharing functionality with the Action class
  • Autosaving form values
  • Saving resources with lazy component instantiation
  • Extending a class
  • Using code modules to achieve encapsulation
  • Implementing a publish/subscribe mechanism with relayEvents()
  • Augmenting a class with a plugin
  • Building preconfigured classes
  • Implementing state preservation with cookies

• Index

Jorge Ramon

I’d definitely suggest checking out Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook by Jorge Ramon.

As a reference book, it feels very complete, I haven’t been able to think of any topics that it misses out.

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