If you are a developer looking to develop rich Internet applications, then this book is for you. This book assumes that you have experience developing software and enables you to quickly hit the ground running with this amazing framework.
Author Biography
Stuart Ashworth is a freelance web and mobile developer and an all-round web geek currently living in Glasgow, Scotland, with his fiancee, Sophie, and wee dog, Meg. Since graduating with a first class honors degree in design computing from the University of Strathclyde, Stuart has worked in the IT industry creating software for both large and small companies across the UK and around the world.
Stuart has worked with Sencha technologies for over 5 years, creating numerous web applications, mobile applications, and framework plugins along the way. He coauthored Ext JS 4 Web Application Development Cookbook, Packt Publishing and also curates content for the fortnightly Sencha Insights e-mail newsletter (www.senchainsights.com).
Stuart enjoys playing football, snowboarding, and traveling. He blogs about Sencha and web technology on his website (www.stuartashworth.com), and can be contacted through Twitter at @StuartAshworth9, through e-mail at stuart@stuartashworth.com, or through the Sencha forums. Andrew Duncan is a technologist and businessman from Scotland. He has a combined passion for IT and business and now runs his own company, SwarmOnline, which specializes in cloud and mobile applications. Although Andrew is a managing director, he is also an experienced and highly competent technologist and solutions architect. His first experience with Ext JS was in 2009 when he introduced the framework into the NHS. Since then, he's become passionate about Sencha and its technologies.
As experts in Sencha technologies, Andrew and his team employ them regularly to build rich and complex business applications. His experience lead him to coauthor Ext JS 4 Web Application Development Cookbook, Packt Publishing and he is now a sought-after conference speaker, having previously spoken at numerous technology events across the globe. You can follow him on twitter by @andrewmduncan and email him at andrew@swarmonline.com.
