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→ Read moreSencha Con 2013 kicked off today, with some stunning improvements demoed across the product set. I'm attending as an audience member for the first time so thought I'd share how things look from the cheap seats.
The keynote was very well put together, with none of the AV issues that plagued us last year (maybe they seemed worse from behind the curtain!). It started off with a welcome from Paul Kopacki, followed by some insights into the current status of developers in the world of business (apparently we're kingmakers - who knew!). One of Blackberry's evangelists came up and made a pretty good pitch for giving them a second look (the free hardware probably helped a little...)
The meat, though, was in the second half of the presentation. We were treated to a succession of great new features across Ext JS, Sencha Touch and Sencha Architect, which I'll go into in a little more detail below.
But it was Abe Elias and Jacky Nguyen who stole the show in the end. Unleashing a visionary new product, Sencha Space, they demonstrated a brand new way to enable businesses to elegantly solve the problem of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).
Nobody wants to be given a mobile phone by their IT department when they've got a brand new iPhone in their pocket. But those IT guys have good reason for doing this - consumer browsers are currently inherently insecure. Sencha Space solves this problem by providing a single app that employees can install, log in to and gain access to all of the apps needed to be productive in the company.
I could write a lot more about it but the 2 minute video below can surely do a better job:
Update: looks like this video got taken down at some point
The keynote lasted most of the morning, but in the afternoon Don Griffin came back on stage to tell us more about what's coming soon in Ext JS. Don heads up Ext JS these days, and is one of the most intelligent and experienced people I've had the joy of working with. I'm pretty sure he gained the largest amount of spontaneous applause of the day during the Ext JS talk, which is no surprise given the awesome stuff he showed us.
I forget which order things were revealed in, but these things stood out for me:
Jacky came up and delivered a presentation on what's coming up in Sencha Touch, using his idiosyncratic and inimitable style. Some of the things that stood out for me:
Again there's a lot more here and I couldn't possibly do it all justice in a blog post. It's geniunely thrilling to see these young frameworks mature into stellar products that are being used by literally millions of developers. Very exciting.
Architect has come a really long way since its inception a couple of years ago. The new features introduced today looked like some of the largest steps forward the product has ever taken. I'm finally getting close to actually thinking about using it in real life (I'm a glutten for editing code in Sublime Text). Some standout features:
Although I worked with these people for years, somehow I'm still surprised when I see every single developer giving world class presentations. I don't know how I was able to leave Sencha a year ago, but every time I interact with Abe, Don, Jacky, Tommy, Jamie, Rob, Nige, and all of the other rockstars at that place I'm reminded what a great and unique time that was. Really looking forward to what tomorrow brings!
If you're interested in more insights from Sencha Con 2013, check out the Sencha Con 2013 Wrapup for a comprehensive overview of the event's highlights and key takeaways. Additionally, you might find the Introduction to Ext JS 4 post valuable, as it discusses the advancements in Ext JS that were showcased during the conference.
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