Sencha Touch Web Framework
Last Year at BlackBerry DEVCON 2010, Sencha has launched Sencha Touch framework to the BlackBerry platform. And today they have released an update to their Sencha Touch framework that brings support for the BlackBerry 6 operating system. For those unfamiliar with Sencha Touch, it is an impressive web framework based entirely on HTML5, CSS and JavaScript that is designed to bring an incredibly powerful set of components to help create web apps that look and feel like native applications. The Sencha Touch 1.1 release today not only brings support for BlackBerry 6-enabled touch devices such as the BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone, but it also supports the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
To get started, developers should download the framework, and then check out the Sencha Touch Learning Center, where they will find code samples, videos and tutorials. To get an idea of what is possible using the framework, there are a variety of demo applications showcasing the breadth and power of the platform.
To help encourage the developer community to adopt the Sencha Touch web framework, BlackBerry Team is pleased to offer a free BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone to the first ten developers that submit an application to BlackBerry App World storefront using the new framework for either the BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone or the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Restrictions apply. See the Terms and Conditions for complete offer details.
