The GIGANTIC List of Sencha Touch Tutorials & Resources

Over the years that I’ve been using Sencha Touch to build mobile applications, I’ve scouring and extracting whatever helpful content I can find on the Internet. As an avid note taker, I’ve saved a lot of stuff that I’ve found particularly helpful over the years and now I’m going to share it all with you.

I’m going to use this post as a directory of links to helpful Sencha Touch tutorials, books, blog and resources. Some written by me, most written by others. I will continually update and build this list over time and I also encourage you to submit links in the comments that you think would make a good addition to this list.

Beginner Level Tutorials

These are tutorials that Sencha Touch beginners should definitely check out as soon as they can.

• Sencha Touch: Getting Started

• An Overview of Sencha Touch 2’s Data System

• Sencha Touch Coding Guidelines you Should Follow

• 7 Important Tips for Sencha Touch Beginners

• How to Create a Sencha Touch 2 App

• How to Listen to Events with Controllers in Sencha Touch

• Sencha Touch Best Practices and Component Architecture

• Sencha Touch Debugging and Performance

• Setting up PhoneGap Build

• Using Custom Icons in a Sencha Touch Application

• Changing Themes in Sencha Touch

• Best Practices for Sencha Javascript Applications

• 20 Things to Avoid/Do When Getting Started with EXT JS & Sencha Touch

Advanced Level Tutorials

For the more experienced Sencha Touch developers. These are particularly interesting or useful higher level tutorials.

• Using Plugins and Mixins in Your Sencha Apps
• Server Side Sorting
• Creating hasMany Model Associations
• Reusing Sencha Touch Views with Controller Helpers
• Creating an Infinite Scrolling List
• Using Google Maps in Your Application
• Building a Sencha Touch Login System
• How to sort a List by Proximity of Location
• 2 Ways to Make Your Sencha Touch Models Smarter
• Advanced Tips and Tricks for Debugging

Books

There’s a few Sencha Touch books and eBooks available now that can really help solidify your learning. These are a few good examples that are worth your time.

• Beginners Guide to Sencha Touch
• Build a Sencha Touch Login System with Facebook
• Sencha Touch in Action
• Sencha Touch Cookbook, Second Edition

Blogs

Following Sencha bloggers is a great way to keep up with the news and add plenty of tips and tricks to your repertoire.

• Official Sencha Blog
• Mitchell Simoens
• Innofied
• Simon Shepherd
• Phil Merrell
• Bryntum
• Suresh Ariya
• Modus Create

Other Resources

• App Inspector
• GapDebug
• List of default Sencha Touch icons

If you’re a Sencha Touch developer you’ve most certainly come across something that you’ve found particularly interesting, useful or helpful so please do us a favour and leave a link to it in the comments below!