Discover Ext JS, one of today's most powerful and highly regarded JavaScript frameworks, with perhaps the best set of GUI widgets around, and a whole host of components that make developing client--side applications a breeze. Using a pragmatic approach, you'll dissect seven full--fledged applications, covering * How Ext JS allows you to create these applications with a slick user interface with a minimum of effort * How the other parts of Ext JS aside from the GUI widgets provide many of the capabilities modern applications need, such as Ajax and data mechanisms * How other technologies such as Gears can be brought in to make the applications more powerful What you'll learn * Get an understanding of one of today's hottest JavaScript frameworks and libraries, Ext JS. * Develop interesting Web 2.0 "front ends," RIAs (Rich Internet Applications), and more. * Create a number of applications from the projects or pragmatic case studies that the author gives you. * Create an organizer, timekeeper, a code cabinet, and more. * Get back to basics and back ends using a SQL workbench, Google Gears, and Ext BASIC. * Pull it all together by designing a game using Ext JS. Who this book is for Web application developers, senior project leads, and application architects. Table of Contents * Introducing Web Development with Ext JS * Widgets and Advanced Ext JS * Ext JS for a Busy Lifestyle: OrganizerExt * Making Project Management Cool: TimekeeperExt * A Place for Your Stuff: Code Cabinet Ext * When the Yellow Pages Just Isn't Cool Enough: Local Business Searc * Your Dad Had a Workbench, Now So Do You: SQL Workbench * All Work and No Play: Dueling Cards * Managing Your Finances: Finance Master