Setting up Sencha Cmd and a local development environment
By setting up the local development environment with Sencha Cmd, when finally deploying the application, Sencha Cmd will only pick up the components being used. This will therefore optimize the final application.
With Sencha Cmd, you can run a native package for Sencha Touch, including scaffolding and building themes. Let's begin generating your project using Sencha Cmd.
Install the latest JAVA Runtime Environment that is available on http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html or JRE.
Install Compass available at http://compass-style.org/.
Install Sencha Cmd available at http://www.sencha.com/products/sencha-cmd/download.
Download Ext JS SDK available at http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/download/.
Extract Ext JS SDK and locate it in a local directory of your choice. For example, you can create a top-level directory called
ext
.
A directory structure will be created as shown in the following screenshot. This time...