Here’s a list of the Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook reviews I have found on the net.

• TheMattReid
• Mats Bryntse
• IQCode
• PHP4Every1
• MadFellas.com
• Josh Holmes
• VinylFox
• AKA Web Design
• Higher-Order
• My 2 Cents
• Monday by Noon

My thanks and appreciation to all the reviewers.

How to obtain the Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook

You can order the book by visiting the Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook homepage at Packt Publishing.  The book is also available at Amazon.com.

The following chapter is available for free:  Load, Validate, and Submit Forms using Ext JS.

If you’re thinking of buying a book on Ext JS, here’s a list of the Ext JS books currently in the market.

Note: The Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook is my book.

Learning Ext JS

Authors: Colin Ramsay, Shea Frederick, Steve ‘Cutter’ Blades

What’s inside

From the building blocks of the application layout, to complex dynamic grids and forms, Learning Ext JS will guide you through the basics of using Ext JS, giving you the knowledge required to create rich user experiences beyond typical web interfaces.  It will also provide you with the tools you need to use AJAX, by consuming server-side data directly into the many interfaces of the Ext JS component library.

With this book you will learn to build consistent, attractive web interfaces with the framework components; integrate your existing data and web services with Ext JS data support; enhance your JavaScript skills by using Ext’s DOM and AJAX helpers, and extend Ext JS through custom components.

Who this book is written for

This book is written for Web Application Developers who are familiar with HTML but may have little to no experience with JavaScript application development.

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Learning Ext JS book at Packt Publishing

Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook

Author: Jorge Ramon

What’s inside

Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook is packed with step-by-step recipes for building impressive rich internet applications.  It provides clear instructions for getting the most out of Ext JS, and offers many exercises, techniques and patterns for building particular interface styles and features in Ext JS. Pick what you want and move ahead.

Native and custom layouts, forms, grids, listviews, treeviews, charts, tab panels, menus, toolbars, and many more components are covered in a multitude of examples. The book also looks at best practices on data storage, application architecture and code organization.

Who this book is written for

The Ext JS Cookbook is for Ext JS users who want a book of useful techniques, with explanations, that they can refer to and adapt to their purposes.  Developers who are already familiar with Ext JS will find practical guidance and numerous examples that can be used as a solid foundation to build upon when creating rich internet applications.

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Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook at Packt Publishing

Ext JS in Action

Author: Jesus Garcia

What’s inside

Ext JS in Action teaches the reader about Ext from the ground up. By following the common design patterns demonstrated in the Ext source and in many commercial applications, the book teaches you to achieve the same results you see in world-class commercial JavaScript applications.

This book will guide you through the Ext component model and layouts.  It covers Ext utility classes, AJAX, Observable (the Ext events model), DOM helpers and Function Helpers, and illustrates how the use of JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) can allow your application to efficiently communicate over the network to the web server.  Finally, you’ll build on this foundation to customize or extend Ext widgets.

Who this book is written for

This book is for developers that want to learn about Ext from the ground up.  It assumes that you have a solid foundation in JavaScript, but requires no previous exposure to Ext JS.

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Ext JS in Action Book at Manning Publications

Developing with Ext GWT: Enterprise RIA Development

Author: Grant Slender

What’s inside

Developing in Ext GWT is a fast–paced, practical guide to quickly learning the tasks necessary in building enterprise–class Rich Internet Applications.  This book takes the reader through setup, the available widgets, and advanced custom widgets and templates, and concludes with a functional sample client–server application in less than 150 pages.

Not your typical beginner’s guide to programming, this book provides a rapid approach to becoming effective with leading commercial RIA tools and libraries. The book has full coverage of the new Ext GWT 2.0 widget library based on GWT 1.6.

Who this book is written for

The reader is assumed to have a sound knowledge of Java, as well as understanding of the basics of web development.  It also offers some insight to casual developers who want to add that “enterprise–RIA” look to their existing GWT applications.

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Developing with Ext GWT: Enterprise RIA Development at APress

Practical Ext JS Projects with Gears

Author: Frank Zammetti

What’s inside

Using a pragmatic approach, in this book 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.  You will also learn 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, and how Gears can be brought in to make the applications more powerful.

Among the applications covered are an organizer, a timekeeper, a code cabinet and a game.

Who this book is written for

This book is written for web application developers, senior project leads, and application architects.

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Practical Ext JS Projects with Gears at APress

I’m excited to announce the Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook, a book I wrote for Packt Publishing over the last several months.

Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook is packed with step-by-step recipes for building rich internet applications using the Ext JS JavaScript library. Each recipe is a carefully organized sequence of instructions to complete a task as efficiently as possible.

The Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook is for developers who want a book of useful techniques, with explanations, that they can refer to and adapt to their purposes.

Developers who are already familiar with Ext JS will find practical guidance and numerous examples covering most of the library’s features and components, that can be used as a solid foundation to build upon when creating rich internet applications.

What you will learn from the Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook

Some of the subjects covered by the book are the following:

• Work with different browsers, platforms, and the DOM, as well as determine and understand the different Ext JS data types
• Create your own custom data types the Ext JS way
• Build great-looking and friendly forms, use client and server-side field validation, form loading, submission, field customization, and layout techniques
• Explore the different layouts provided by the Ext JS library as well as create your own, and understand their common uses
• Display, edit, and group tabular data generated by the server using the grid component, the new RowEditor Class, and the new lightweight ListView component
• Explore multiple ways of displaying master-details relationships
• Visualize information using charts
• Use patterns to build a solid and flexible application architecture, such as auto-saving form elements, component state management and code modules
• Explore the advantages and efficiency tradeoffs of different widgets
• Build your own custom components on top of the Ext framework and enhance the custom components created by the Ext JS users’ community

How to obtain the Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook

You can order the book by visiting the Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook page at Packt Publishing.