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Book Review :Learning Highcharts

The folks at Packt asked me to review another of their book on Learning Highcharts. If you are interested in buying it (a judgment you may reserve until after you have read the review)Learning HighCharts is on packt site
this is link you can go.Learning HighCharts is on packt site

Joe Kuan was born in Hong Kong and continued his education in the UK from secondary school to university
Apart from his busy family schedule and active outdoor lifestyle, he occasionally writes articles for his own blog site http://joekuan.wordpress.com and puts some demonstrations up at http://joekuan.org. You can contact him at [email protected]


This is book of over 342 pages covering to learn a new java script librart with a full index in the back. The structure of the book is:
Business overview
Step 1 – Web Charts
Step 2 – Highcharts Configurations
Step 3 – Line, Area, and Scatter Charts
Step 4 – Bar and Column Charts
Step 5 – Pie Charts
Step 6 – Gauge, Polar, and Range Charts
Step 7 – Highcharts APIs
Step 8 – Highcharts Events
Step 9 – Highcharts and jQuery Mobile
Step 10- Highcharts and Ext JS
Step 11 – Running Highcharts on the Server Side

I like this structure as it parallels the steps one would take in setting up a HighCharts. To add a bit of a flow to the book, they also put it in the examples,real life scenarios.
Its a book in depth.This book focuses on giving the reader a firm understanding of the core concepts of high charts, such as integration with extjs and Jquery mobile and works through real-life app development scenarios. All core components of HIGH Charts amazing library are covered in detail, and strategies are outlined for getting the best use of time when developing with HIGH CHARTS.
Few components which i like to mention , which i enjoy reading alot – a clear explanation of how to integrate with jquery mobile.
Step-by-step instructions with real-live data to create bar charts, column charts and pie charts, to easily create artistic and professional quality charts.
It make you learn tips and tricks to create a variety of charts such as horizontal gauge charts, projection charts, and circular ratio charts. Clear understanding of how to use Use and integrate Highcharts with jQuery Mobile and ExtJS 4, and understand how to run Highcharts on the server-side.
It also understand how to add advanced reporting capabilities and understand how to select the right chart for your data.
Step by step instruction provided for integration with EXTJS and Jquery.More over you can learn from what is high chart to advanced level.Any charts you think of create in our web application.This book help you doing so.
At the end of the book, index is there.A must purchase for those who want to learn High Chart. You can also download the code which is available with the book

Happy coding with Techartifact and packt….

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Book Review :Learning EXT JS 4

The folks at Packt asked me to review another of their book on Learning EXTJS 4 If you are interested in buying it (a judgment you may reserve until after you have read the review)EXTJS4 is on packt site
this is link you can go.Learning EXtJs 4 is on packt site

Crysfel Villa ,Armando Gonzalez are author of this book.Crysfel Villa is a Software Engineer with more than 7 years of experience with JavaScript on a daily basis.Armando Gonzalez is a Software Engineer with more than 4 years of experience
in developing enterprise applications with Ext JS. He has plenty of experience in
server-side technologies like PHP, Java J2EE, Node JS, and ROR.

The first thing you will probably notice is the size of the document. This is no brief summary of the new features. This is small book of over 40 pages covering to learn a new java script librart with a full index in the back. The structure of the book is:
Business overview

Step 1 – The Basics
Step 2 – The Core Concepts
Step 3 – Components and Layouts
Step 4 – It’s All About the Data
Step 5 – Buttons and Toolbars
Step 6 – Doing it with Forms
Step 7 –Give me the Grid
Step 8 – Architecture
Step 9 – DataViews and Templates
Step 10- The Tree Panel
Step 11 – Drag and Drop
Step 12 – Look and Feel
Step 13- From Drawing to Charting

I like this structure as it parallels the steps one would take in setting up a EXTJS 4. To add a bit of a flow to the book, they also put it in the examples,real life scenarios.

Its more a starter book.This book focuses on giving the reader a firm understanding of the core concepts of EXTJS, such as Drag and Drop and tree panel, and works through real-life app development scenarios. All core components of EXTJS’s amazing library are covered in detail, and strategies are outlined for getting the best use of time when developing with EXTJS.

Few components which i like to mention , which i enjoy reading alot – a clear explanation of how to make drag drop using EXTJS.
How tree panel compoenent work.How you can make charts components for example pie,bar , gauage. Skinning of application is well defined.

Ext JS is a JavaScript library for building interactive web applications using techniques such as Ajax, DHTML, and DOM scripting.

Ext JS 4 features expanded functionality, plugin-free charting, and a new MVC architecture, it’s the best Ext JS web application development platform yet. It helps develop incredible web apps for every browser.

Learning Ext JS 4 will teach you how to get the best of each Ext JS component and also show you some very practical examples that you can use in real world applications. You will also learn why it is so useful and powerful in developing fast and beautiful applications.

The book starts with the very basics of Ext JS. You will learn to create a small application step-by-step, and add new features to it in every chapter.

Once you grasp the basics, you will learn more complicated topics such as creating new components, templates, architecture, patterns, and also tips and techniques that will help you improve your skills on JavaScript and Ext JS 4.

At the end of the book, you will have a working application built using all the knowledge you gained from the book.
OVer all i can say this book for beginner.Few new features which is added in EXT JS 4 is added and describe well.A must purchase for those who want to learn EXT JS 4. You can also download the code which is available with the book

Happy coding with Techartifact and packt….