Man... You guys thought of everything!

[cluettr]

Jack and Co.

Every time I turn around and need the grid to do something... bam... there it is... Have to say you guys did quite the job here. You thought of EVERYTHING!

- Cluett

[jack.slocum]

Haha, thanks. ;)

[Gunmen]

;)

For what purpose do you use Ext JS? For website (like portals) or webapplication (like administration software) development?

Tnx

[cluettr]

I'm designing a workflow suite to help manage the day to day tasks of a support organization (300+ people). I'm at about 80% complete with the first application in the suite.

The first application is focused on managing RMA's. I work for a large company who manages 11,000+ routers and switches. That count translates to RMA'ing thousands of components a year. This helps the one person (formally 3 people) who manage that process to track, manage and ensure the timely return of parts. It also helps us keep an eye on the vendor. Their data and tracking is often much worse than ours. If my company approves it, I plan to post something about the application when it's complete. My guess is they won't allow me to do so for security reasons but for the sake of the Ext community and reinforcing what can be done with Ext I'm going to pursue it.

[Gunmen]

@cluettr:

Thanks for your 'back stage' information! ;)

@jack.slocum:

What is your vision of Ext JS? Do you see it's main purpose in the website (like portals, personal pages, etc.) or web application (like onlne administrations) development?

[jack.slocum]

This is probably not the most informative answer, but I imagine in many ways it could serve for both. ;)

[Ronaldo]

Jack and Co.

Every time I turn around and need the grid to do something... bam... there it is... Have to say you guys did quite the job here. You thought of EVERYTHING!

- Cluett

I second this. I've done afair share of c# winforms and a lot of java web applications. But I really like the 'winforms' way of creating elements and tying it all together with event handlers. This opposed to the 'old way' of sending mixed html/javascript with a couple of other toolkits like rico, prototype, jquery etc.

The hardest part of Ext is skimming the docs every time to find a method or property, searching for something that surely already exists.

[Gunmen]

The hardest part of Ext is skimming the docs every time to find a method or property, searching for something that surely already exists.

I agree! That's why I like IntelliSense (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IntelliSense) so much. B)
I hope once to find a good tool to use with Ext (a Visual Studio plugin would be very nice).

EDIT: Check this out! JavaScript Intellisense in vs 2008 (http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/06/21/vs-2008-javascript-intellisense.aspx).

[notjoshing]

Jack and Co.

Every time I turn around and need the grid to do something... bam... there it is... Have to say you guys did quite the job here. You thought of EVERYTHING!

- Cluett
Ditto Cluett:

I build a variety of applications to support lab scientists and managers. I'd been using Dojo in 2006, and my frustration level at the limitations of the tools, and difficulties with the inconsistent interfaces, not to mention performance issues, had become a problem. I found myself writing my own widgets to get around the difficulties. Then I found a reference to Ext in an article and took a look.

Ext has been great. The interfaces are consistent, and the documentation continues to improve. And if I don't know something, I can generally count on help here in the forums. With clean and efficient code, with good support, Ext has become my framework of choice, and the framework for my group.

Josh