bseddon
13 Apr 2012, 12:00 PM
Mitchell
In a couple of posts you've commented that Sencha is developing a VJET plugin. Is there any update? Specifically, is the Sencha work being committed to one of the vjetteam repositories?
I like ExtJS (and have licensed it) but I am increasingly concerned at the productivity hit we're taking using ExtJS. I concede the bang per buck using ExtJS is high but writing code to handle, for example, events is time consuming because, ironically, the framework is so rich and the object model so extensive.
Without code completion (or an eidetic memory) coding against ExtJS is time consuming because of the number of times its necessary to refer to the documentation to find the correct functions or the correct configuration parameters. The designer is a massive help while layouts and stores are being created but it's not long before it's necessary to resort to coding.
VJET is a great plugin when using, say, JQuery because, as you know, it allows variables and function return values to be typed, at least within the VJET editor, so the editor is able to present correct function and argument hints. I think this is likely to go a long way to resolving the main productivity issues.
It's fantastic to find there's a plan to create a plugin/typelib for ExtJS (not just Ext core). I've built the most recent VJET source and will be investigating any existing ExtJS support - for example the extjs.selfdescribe project in the vjetteam's 'experimental' repository.
In my view, the productivity issue is a sufficiently important one to resolve I'd like to find a way to contribute to this project. Who should I contact?
In a couple of posts you've commented that Sencha is developing a VJET plugin. Is there any update? Specifically, is the Sencha work being committed to one of the vjetteam repositories?
I like ExtJS (and have licensed it) but I am increasingly concerned at the productivity hit we're taking using ExtJS. I concede the bang per buck using ExtJS is high but writing code to handle, for example, events is time consuming because, ironically, the framework is so rich and the object model so extensive.
Without code completion (or an eidetic memory) coding against ExtJS is time consuming because of the number of times its necessary to refer to the documentation to find the correct functions or the correct configuration parameters. The designer is a massive help while layouts and stores are being created but it's not long before it's necessary to resort to coding.
VJET is a great plugin when using, say, JQuery because, as you know, it allows variables and function return values to be typed, at least within the VJET editor, so the editor is able to present correct function and argument hints. I think this is likely to go a long way to resolving the main productivity issues.
It's fantastic to find there's a plan to create a plugin/typelib for ExtJS (not just Ext core). I've built the most recent VJET source and will be investigating any existing ExtJS support - for example the extjs.selfdescribe project in the vjetteam's 'experimental' repository.
In my view, the productivity issue is a sufficiently important one to resolve I'd like to find a way to contribute to this project. Who should I contact?