ext-all.js, a must?

[loppp]

Hi all. Recently I am trying to find a UI js framework to make some control-like elements on my web pages. I am a newbie on this. After seeing the samples there and feeling excited, what really frustrated me is WHY SO BIG? As long as I knew, a page using ext2 seems have to include the ext-all.js, which is 496kb for ext2.
Is there any way to use the control-like elements like tab-container without including the big guy?

[SilveR316]

You can build your own extjs library file with just the components you need.

http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21207

[loppp]

That's a great help to me, thanks. Actually before I have been keeping thinking why ext2.0 is so big and still a lot of people like it...........:D

[TommyMaintz]

loppp, ExtJS is not a library like prototype, jquery or yui. it provides full UI capabilities. if you know whats all in ExtJS you would say that its amazing the library is still so small.

[efege]

You may consider that the full ext-all.js is big if you want to use it only to add some components or effects to a website -- and BTW that's why Build Your Own exists. But when you are creating a whole web application, then the size does not look so big. And don't forget gzipping js files on the web server, it helps a lot.