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Learning Ext JS_Fourth Edition

You're reading from   Learning Ext JS_Fourth Edition Create powerful web applications with the new and improved Ext JS 5 library

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784394387
Length 452 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Armando Gonzalez Armando Gonzalez
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Preface 1. An Introduction to Ext JS 5 2. The Core Concepts FREE CHAPTER 3. Components and Layouts 4. It's All about the Data 5. Buttons and Toolbars 6. Doing It with Forms 7. Give Me the Grid 8. DataViews and Templates 9. The Tree Panel 10. Architecture 11. The Look and Feel 12. Responsive Configurations and Tablet Support 13. From Drawing to Charting 14. Finishing the Application 15. What's Next? Index

Enhancing our application with charts


The examples covered so far were in traditional code (basic examples using the Ext JS framework directly), but what happens when we want to embed the charts in an MVC or MVVM app? Well! First of all, we need to add a reference to the proper code package that we want to use:

  1. So, let's begin by opening the app.json file (the application code used in chapters 10, 11, and 12) and locating this code:

    "requires": [
     ],
  2. For use in Ext JS charting, let's change it to this:

    "requires": [
    "sencha-charts"
     ],

    Or for legacy charts (Ext JS 4), change to:

    "requires": [
    "ext-charts"
     ],
  3. After this change, save the file. Now, let's use the Sencha CMD tool. Open the CMD tool and type this:

    sencha app build
  4. By using this command, we ensure that our code as well as Ext JS and the Chart package are included in our application. So, after the build ends, let's monitor the changes in our application using this line:

    sencha app watch

    This procedure will make sure that the desired package...

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