feature differences between Ext JS and Ext GWT

[databass]

[I posted this same question to the Ext GWT forum last week...I'd especially like to hear from folks who have used both Ext JS and Ext GWT...thanks]

Hi,

My company is currently evaluating whether use to Ext JS, or Ext GWT. There is more Java expertise in-house which is why we're leaning toward using Ext GWT, but the application that we will be building will be extremely feature-rich and my concern is that there is a bit of a feature-lag with applications created by Ext GWT.

For example, one of our application's requirements is to rearrange table columns through drag-and-drop. I noticed that this is available with Ext JS but not with Ext GWT.

Is there a list somewhere that summarizes the differences in RIA functionality between Ext JS and Ext GWT?

Also, with the release of Ext JS 3.0/Ext GWT 2.0, will the gap between these differences be narrowed?


Thanks in advance,
Dave

[jay@moduscreate.com]

Are you specifically looking at the Client Side/UI differences

[databass]

Yes, my main concern are UI features that aren't available in the GXT version, such as grid column drag and drop. And whether Ext JS 3.0 will introduce new features that won't be available in Ext GWT 2.0.

But I'd also be curious to hear about differences in easy of building applications, i.e., functionality that may be trivial to build in Ext JS, but not so trivial in Ext GWT.


Are you specifically looking at the Client Side/UI differences

[jay@moduscreate.com]

I think that ease of use is relative to one's skillset. For me, Ext JS is where it's at as I'm knot a Java Developer :).

I just wanted to understand exactly what you were looking for. I'm not an Ext GWT developer so I can't address any of your concerns.

[databass]

Thanks. That's one of the reasons why our company is leaning toward Ext GWT over Ext JS, since we have more Java expertise in-house. And I'm more like you--I have more JavaScript than Java experience, but I'm still open to using a Java environment, as long as we're not missing out on functionality, nor making our lives more difficult if we have to customize Ext GWT.

So far from what I've seen, Ext GWT is pretty analagous to Ext JS.




I think that ease of use is relative to one's skillset. For me, Ext JS is where it's at as I'm knot a Java Developer :).

I just wanted to understand exactly what you were looking for. I'm not an Ext GWT developer so I can't address any of your concerns.