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Terms, Icons, and Labels

Many classes have shortcut names used when creating (instantiating) a class with a configuration object. The shortcut name is referred to as an alias (or xtype if the class extends Ext.Component). The alias/xtype is listed next to the class name of applicable classes for quick reference.

Access Levels

Framework classes or their members may be specified as private or protected. Else, the class / member is public. Public, protected, and private are access descriptors used to convey how and when the class or class member should be used.

Member Types

Member Syntax

Below is an example class member that we can disect to show the syntax of a class member (the lookupComponent method as viewed from the Ext.button.Button class in this case).

lookupComponent ( item ) : Ext.Component
protected

Called when a raw config object is added to this container either during initialization of the items config, or when new items are added), or {@link #insert inserted.

This method converts the passed object into an instanced child component.

This may be overridden in subclasses when special processing needs to be applied to child creation.

Parameters

item :  Object

The config object being added.

Returns
Ext.Component

The component to be added.

Let's look at each part of the member row:

Member Flags

The API documentation uses a number of flags to further commnicate the class member's function and intent. The label may be represented by a text label, an abbreviation, or an icon.

Class Icons

- Indicates a framework class

- A singleton framework class. *See the singleton flag for more information

- A component-type framework class (any class within the Ext JS framework that extends Ext.Component)

- Indicates that the class, member, or guide is new in the currently viewed version

Member Icons

- Indicates a class member of type config

- Indicates a class member of type property

- Indicates a class member of type method

- Indicates a class member of type event

- Indicates a class member of type theme variable

- Indicates a class member of type theme mixin

- Indicates that the class, member, or guide is new in the currently viewed version

Class Member Quick-Nav Menu

Just below the class name on an API doc page is a row of buttons corresponding to the types of members owned by the current class. Each button shows a count of members by type (this count is updated as filters are applied). Clicking the button will navigate you to that member section. Hovering over the member-type button will reveal a popup menu of all members of that type for quick navigation.

Getter and Setter Methods

Getting and setter methods that correlate to a class config option will show up in the methods section as well as in the configs section of both the API doc and the member-type menus just beneath the config they work with. The getter and setter method documentation will be found in the config row for easy reference.

History Bar

Your page history is kept in localstorage and displayed (using the available real estate) just below the top title bar. By default, the only search results shown are the pages matching the product / version you're currently viewing. You can expand what is displayed by clicking on the button on the right-hand side of the history bar and choosing the "All" radio option. This will show all recent pages in the history bar for all products / versions.

Within the history config menu you will also see a listing of your recent page visits. The results are filtered by the "Current Product / Version" and "All" radio options. Clicking on the button will clear the history bar as well as the history kept in local storage.

If "All" is selected in the history config menu the checkbox option for "Show product details in the history bar" will be enabled. When checked, the product/version for each historic page will show alongside the page name in the history bar. Hovering the cursor over the page names in the history bar will also show the product/version as a tooltip.

Search and Filters

Both API docs and guides can be searched for using the search field at the top of the page.

On API doc pages there is also a filter input field that filters the member rows using the filter string. In addition to filtering by string you can filter the class members by access level, inheritance, and read only. This is done using the checkboxes at the top of the page.

The checkbox at the bottom of the API class navigation tree filters the class list to include or exclude private classes.

Clicking on an empty search field will show your last 10 searches for quick navigation.

API Doc Class Metadata

Each API doc page (with the exception of Javascript primitives pages) has a menu view of metadata relating to that class. This metadata view will have one or more of the following:

Expanding and Collapsing Examples and Class Members

Runnable examples (Fiddles) are expanded on a page by default. You can collapse and expand example code blocks individually using the arrow on the top-left of the code block. You can also toggle the collapse state of all examples using the toggle button on the top-right of the page. The toggle-all state will be remembered between page loads.

Class members are collapsed on a page by default. You can expand and collapse members using the arrow icon on the left of the member row or globally using the expand / collapse all toggle button top-right.

Desktop -vs- Mobile View

Viewing the docs on narrower screens or browsers will result in a view optimized for a smaller form factor. The primary differences between the desktop and "mobile" view are:

Viewing the Class Source

The class source can be viewed by clicking on the class name at the top of an API doc page. The source for class members can be viewed by clicking on the "view source" link on the right-hand side of the member row.

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NPM - Webpack + Sencha Cmd Configuration

This guide explains the webpack configuration that is created when generating an application using Sencha's OpenTooling (@sencha/ext-gen).

While some of the following configuration options are optional or can be modified, many are required for OpenTooling to drive the ExtJS build process that uses Sencha Cmd under the hood. Configurations that may be changed are marked as CONFIGURABLE.

1. Sencha Cmd Configuration

app.json

The webpack bundle should be included (loaded) before app.js to ensure that all 3rd party npm packages are available to the Ext JS runtime. If this order is incorrectly specified, packages included in the webpack bundle will not be avialable in locations like class definitions during run time of your application. The follow example indicates the correct load order of the webpack bundle and sencha cmd app bundle:

// Production
"js": [
      {"path": "${app.webpack.bundle}"},
      {"path": "app.js", "bundle": true}
],

// Development
"js": [
      {"path": "main.js", "includeInBundle": true},
      {"path": "app.js", "bundle": true}
],

2. Variables and Script Parameters

Sencha Cmd

  • contextFolder: valid workspace / project path for Sencha Cmd
  • toolkit: the toolkit for Sencha Cmd to build. Can be changed to any ExtJS toolkit via package.json script
  • theme: the ExtJS Theme to build the project with
  • packages: packages to include in the Sencha Cmd build process
  • script: optional script to be run during the Webpack thisCompilation syncronous hook
  • profile: [CONFIGURABLE] the build profile, defined in app.json, to be built
  • environment: development or production environments
  • watch: determines whether the ExtWebpackPlugin should do a sencha app build for production or sencha app watch for development

Sencha Webpack plugin

  • outputFolder: location where emitted assets are placed; currently this is the root directory where Sencha Cmd is run
  • entryFile: set to index.js as an entry point to load 3rd party npm packages
  • emit: allows the plugin to determine whether an emit should happen or not during the build cycle
  • treeshake: ES5 dead code elimination, hooked into Sencha Cmd transpile enabled
  • browser: whether a browser should be launched at the specified host:port
  • verbose: enabled verbose mode

Special Constants

  • bundleFormat: [CONFIGURABLE] specify the format of the webpack bundle. If modified, the development settings in app.json need to be updated to accomodate whatever bundle format is used in development mode. Production mode should support all of the webpack bundle file name formatting options.
  • ignoreFolders: [CONFIGURABLE] folders that should be ignored by Live Reload

2. Plugins

ExtWebpackPlugin

  • The only plugin required by an Open Tooling application is Sencha's ExtWebpackPlugin. This plugin hooks into various webpack compiler hooks to build ExtJS projects using Sencha Cmd.

3. Options

  • mode: handle webpack optimizations based on development or production environments
  • devtool: [CONFIGURABLE] enable source mapping, map styles, etc. for better debugging purposes
  • context: points to a valid Sencha Cmd workspace or application directory
  • entry: the entry point, defined by entryFile above
  • output: combine the bundleFormat and emit the assets at the path specified. Sencha Cmd expects this to be the root of a valid Sencha Cmd workspace or application
  • plugins: [CONFIGURABLE] ExtWebpackPlugin is required, other plugins may be added
  • module: [CONFIGURABLE]
  • resolve: [CONFIGURABLE]
  • performance: [CONFIGURABLE] control webpack asset emit notifications, size, etc.
  • stats: [CONFIGURABLE] control bundle information level
  • optimization: [CONFIGURABLE] controls for chunk splitting, minification, etc.
  • devServer
    • watchOptions: configured to ignore specific Sencha Cmd folders containing generated content
    • contentBase: configured to be the same directory that sencha app watch expects
    • watchContentBase: ensures Live Reload will monitor changes made to your application
    • liveReload: [CONFIGURABLE] enable Live Reload
    • historyAPIFallback: [CONFIGURABLE] enable the HTML 5 History API fallback to index.html
    • host: [CONFIGURABLE]
    • port: [CONFIGURABLE]
    • disabledHostCheck: [CONFIGURABLE] enable bypass host checking
    • compress: [CONFIGURABLE] enable GZIP compression on all webpack emitted assets
    • inline: [CONFIGURABLE] toggle between wepback dev esrver's two modes
    • stats: [CONFIGURABLE] control bundle information level

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