The most creative part of the enterprise application lifecycle revolves around the user interface design. Your goal as an enterprise application developer is to create a user interface that is intuitive, consistent, and easy to use. User interface design requires a thorough understanding of the tools you have available. Thankfully, Ext JS 4 has a comprehensive range of widgets that cover the core functionality required for any enterprise application. If you have not already visited the examples page, then take some time now to become familiar with the full range of Ext JS 4 components at http://docs.sencha.com/extjs/4.2.2/#!/example.
This chapter will focus on building the logon and user administration interfaces. We will develop a set of view components and wire them together with controllers to perform the following:
Log on to the application
Display the main application viewport
Provide a user maintenance interface
The user maintenance interface...