Question

I installed the ST SDK tools, and when I do ‘sencha’ at the command line I see this:

$ sencha
Sencha Command v2.0.0 Developer Preview
Copyright (c) 2011 Sencha Inc.


usage: sencha COMMAND [ARGS]


The available commands are:
   build            build a JSB project
   create bootstrapdata        generate boostrap data
   create jsb            generate a minimal JSB project for an app
   create manifest        generate classes manifest
   package            package your Touch web app into a native bundle
   slice theme            slice a custom theme's images for IE


See 'sencha help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.

But when I try ‘create bootstrapdata’ it is asking me for all sorts of options.

$ sencha create bootstrapdata
usage: sencha create bootstrapdata [OPTIONS...]


 COMMAND: Generate Bootstrap Data


 DESCRIPTION:


   Generate boostrap data 
 OPTIONS:


 --core[=]value, -c[=]value (required)
   The list of all core package names, comma-separated, for example: 
   "foundation,core,dom" 


 --ignore[=][value], -i[=][value]
   The list of items to be ignored, comma-separated 


 --jsb[=]value, -j[=]value (required)
   The path to the framework's jsb3 file 


 --output[=]value, -o[=]value (required)
   The file path to write bootstrap data to 


 --output-release[=][value], -r[=][value]
   The file path to write bootstrap data-release to 


 --platform[=]value, -p[=]value (required)
   The path to platform source directory 


 --src[=]value, -s[=]value (required)
   The path to the framework's source directory

How do I use one command at the command-line, without needing filepaths and other ‘required’ options, to generate a ‘basic Hello World’ ST2.x app?

Thanks.

Edit1: Btw, What I am trying to do is what Tommy Maintz did in his presentation on ST1.x at ST 2010 Conference.

Answer 1

Sencha generate does not exist for Sencha Touch 2 at this time. Sencha have plans to release an update for it at some point in the future, after ST2 has been released.

sencha create bootstrapdata is used when compiling your application into one JS file. You can find out more information about this here.

I also recommend you to ask questions over on the Sencha Touch Forums, which is extremely active.