What's new in Ext JS 5?

Ext JS 5 introduces a great number of new features, and most of them will be covered in the upcoming chapters when we have a closer look, but for the moment we will briefly mention some of the significant additions in version 5:

  • Tablet support and new themes: This has introduced the ability to create apps compatible with touch-screen devices (touch-screen laptops, PCs, and tablets). The Crisp theme is introduced and is based on the Neptune theme. Also, there are new themes for tablet support, which are Neptune touch and Crisp touch.
  • New application architecture – MVVM: Adding a new alternative to MVC Sencha called MVVM (which stands for Model-View-ViewModel), this new architecture has data binding and two-way data binding, ...

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