April 04, 2017 2 min read

That's enough about the viability of QR codes though, let's get into how to actually implement our own QR Code reader with PhoneGap Build

April 04, 2017 2 min read

I love the Sencha Touch framework but I ran into a lot of frustrating obstacles whilst trying to learn that took way longer to overcome than they needed to.

April 04, 2017 2 min read

In this video tutorial I show you how to create a sliding menu in Sencha Touch from scratch.

April 04, 2017 2 min read

It can take quite a bit of effort to create a solution that works across all device resolutions though. I opt for using the Splashscreen plugin to display the splash screen for the entire period.

April 04, 2017 3 min read

Famo.us has been hyped as a revolutionary new HTML5 framework in the mobile web scene. With their custom built JavaScript 3D rendering and physics engine, Famo.us founder Steve Newcomb claimed we would see native level performance

April 04, 2017 4 min read

Even when you know all the requirements this is still a pretty painful process so I want to make sure you don't have to spend hours searching around for the correct dimensions of screens you need to cater for.

April 04, 2017 3 min read

This post will summarise the plugins I find most useful, and a few more that I haven't had the chance to try out yet.

April 04, 2017 4 min read

In this tutorial I cover how to use Sencha Cmd to generate a new Sencha Touch application and walk through some of the automatically generated code.

April 04, 2017 2 min read

One thing you will probably have seen a lot of are apps that have 'Near You' lists - these might be things like shops, people, events and so on that are sorted by how close the user is to the point of interest.

April 04, 2017 1 min read

In this video tutorial I show you how to create a sliding menu in Sencha Touch from scratch.

April 04, 2017 1 min read

In this post I'm going to specifically look at how to add some test data to a Sencha Touch mobile application, but the JSON Generator in the second part of this post could be used in any situation.

April 04, 2017 1 min read

In this video tutorial I walk you through using OpenSSL on a Windows computer to create the necessary certificates, keys, provisioning profiles etc. required for distributing your mobile application on the Apple App store.

April 04, 2017 3 min read

In this post I'm going to try to explain how to trigger and listen for an event in Sencha Touch in the simplest way I can. If you take a look at a common controller setup, it will probably look something like the following

April 04, 2017 1 min read

I wanted to create this post to document the steps required to get an Ajax proxy working correctly, both sending and receiving data from the back-end.

April 04, 2017 3 min read

In this first part, I will walk you through setting up your database and setting up some PHP files on your server that are ready to receive calls from your application.

April 04, 2017 5 min read

You usually hope that the transition onto an actual mobile device will be a smooth one but there can be quite a few tricky issues and bugs that can arise.

April 04, 2017 5 min read

As a web developer, you may feel like you're getting left behind a bit if you don't update your skill set to include mobile.

April 04, 2017 4 min read

Today we will be taking a similar approach, but this time we will be setting up the basic screen flow for the application. At the end of this tutorial, you should have something that looks like this

April 04, 2017 4 min read

In this part we're going to finish implementing the API, by implementing all necessary functionality in our users.php file.

April 04, 2017 3 min read

At this point we have our screen flow in place and a completed API communicating with our PHP & MySQL backend. Now to complete the puzzle all that is left to do (besides the Facebook Login alternative that we can add later) is to hook the rest of our application into that API.

April 04, 2017 2 min read

I've been developing an application that uses the Google Maps API and needed to include the Google Places API as well. I had a bit of trouble with the integration...

April 04, 2017 2 min read

hasOne takes care of the one-to-one association. Looking good so far but there's one relationship missing... there's no many-to-many association in Sencha Touch!

April 04, 2017 4 min read

This is the second post in my Getting Started with Famo.us (GSWF) series. If you're a follower of this blog you'll know my background is in Sencha Touch and PhoneGap and I write a lot of articles and tutorials in that area, but when it comes to Famo.us I'm a complete newbie.

April 04, 2017 2 min read

As someone with very little experience with the framework, I'll be documenting my successes and failures as I go through the learning process. I'll share whatever bits of information I think might be useful for others trying to learn as well.

April 04, 2017 6 min read

I had my fair share of mistakes and difficulties when I started using Sencha Touch two years ago, so I've created a list of tips that I think would've been helpful to know when I was starting.