I am making the jump from jQuery and other similar libraries and would like to know if you have suggestions of good books to read.

9/24/2010 5:06:18 PM

why jQuery -> extJS?

as far as js frameworks go, jQuery has all the momentum

9/24/2010 5:21:44 PM

I'm working on updating a webapp to be tablet-friendly, and jQuery doesn't have a mobile library out until later this year. Even then, it will only be in alpha, which won't be reliable enough for the application. Unfortunately we can't push back this version release until there's a stable jQuery mobile release for us to use.

There is jQtouch, but it's not robust enough for what I'm going to be working on.

And also because I already built a proof-of-concept app in extJS (Sencha Touch, actually) pretty quickly and want to continue down that path without hunting blindly through the API documentation

9/24/2010 6:20:47 PM

Ext JS is the main library we use. It was quite a learning curve for me. Books? I don't know. I like the API.

Haven't used sencha touch though.

9/26/2010 10:20:24 AM

Books on this are impossible to find in bookstores, btw.



Gonna have to take a shot in the dark and just order some shit from Amazon.

10/4/2010 9:42:10 PM

I have nothing to add regarding extJS, but I'll use this as a place to mention how shitty B&N and Borders are. Been wanting to brush up on my Ruby, so I stopped by B&N to check out the literature. Much to my surprise, there wasn't a single Ruby book on the shelves; saw two JS books (none on jQuery) one or two PHP/MySQL, a handful of .NET and fuckton of Build a Website Today! guides. Sort of pissed, I went across town to Borders and the selection was even worse. I don't know if these places are going out of business or Greensboro is illiterate or what, but I remember there being stacks and stacks of books at the Winston and Triangle locations.

10/5/2010 1:23:39 PM

amazon. "computer" books at local bookstores are generally basic IT books or learn how to use office junk

10/5/2010 3:04:13 PM

^^The pickings are pretty slim here in the Cary area, too. I saw a couple of Oreilly UX books, and that sort of surprised me.... but I already read both of them like 2 years ago so I wasn't THAT surprised

10/5/2010 8:22:47 PM

B&N at Southpoint had quite a few books on Ruby last time I was there.

10/5/2010 8:30:51 PM

^^^^No shit. I like to just browse tech books at B&N for fun, but I don't think I've ever bought them there. A lot of those books are around $50. I usually find them for under $30 on amazon.

10/6/2010 2:44:45 PM