Ext Core 3.0 Beta

[mrsunshine]

Congratulations!!

Examples lookes very good. Ext Core 3.0 seems to me as we can use it as default JS Framework now and not any more only as frontend applicaton framework.

i'm looking forward to the ext conference :-)

Well done Ext Team !

greatings nils

Blog Post: Ext Core 3.0 Beta Released (http://extjs.com/forum/../blog/2009/04/04/ext-core-30-beta-released/)
Download: http://extjs.com/products/extcore/download.php (http://extjs.com/forum/../products/extcore/download.php)
API Doc: http://extjs.com/products/extcore/docs/
(http://extjs.com/products/extcore/docs/)Manual: http://extjs.com/products/extcore/manual/ (http://extjs.com/products/extcore/manual/)

[stolsma]

Yep, congrats !!! The first release in many to come the next few weeks.. ;-)

[rumor mode]
When examining the examples I saw they used images of development tools I've never seen before, maybe there will be an total development package (usable in Air...??) announced next week... :D (there has to be something big see the the designer tool (http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52258) and the remark (http://www.extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?p=310816#post310816) from Abe)

The other thing is that it looked like they used the Ext-doc (http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55214) application to create the documentation for Ext-Core. If thats true congrats to Oxymoron too!!!
[/rumor mode]

[bearmonger]

Great work but noticed one bug. In the combo example, the lightbox doesn't mask out the menu.

[mjlecomte]

Created a separate thread for Ext Core documentation bugs here:
http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64739

[TommyMaintz]

Great work but noticed one bug. In the combo example, the lightbox doesn't mask out the menu.

Thanks for letting us know! That was the result of the IE6/IE7 menu absolute positioning bug I fixed in a hurry yesterday. The menu should show behind the lightbox overlay again.

[mabello]

That's great, it looks pretty :)
But I'm a little bit upset (maybe upset is too drammatic :) )that XTemplate class is not in the core...

[aconran]

That's great, it looks pretty :)
But I'm a little bit upset (maybe upset is too drammatic :) )that XTemplate class is not in the core...

XTemplate didn't quite make the cut due to filesize. You can always achieve the same things with in code with conditionals and looping if necessary.

[mabello]

But XTemplate is just 150 lines of code and it gives the core library a lot more value in my opinion...it's a core class for building UI Component...
I could always extend the library and create my own "XTemplate" class, but since it's already there...

[fabrizim]

Great job guys! Looks great - nice and compact.

Quick question - any chance for native JSON support? Its part of the 3.1 ECMAScript specification and already implemented in IE8 and FF3.1. It would only require a couple of lines of code to detect and would take advantage of the increased speed and security.

Also, regarding the XTemplate question - once the full 3.0 framework is released, I would assume that if you are using the code non-commercially, you could just include the xtemplate minified file after the small core include. The 2.2 minified file is only 4KB.

Regards-
Mark

- See you at the conference!

[mankz]

# AjitK
Posted on April 4th, 2009 at 5:50 am

Great move! It can now be used as a great add on on top of jQuery and other libraries.


I saw this comment in the Ext blog today and it sounds confused to me. Ext Core can do everything JQuery can, correct? So there's no need to use JQuery at all with Ext Core released...?

[evant]

Yes, Ext core provides similar functionality to Ext base, DOM manipulation, Ajax, etc.

[mabello]

@fabrizim
Of course the question is to use it in a commercial environment, otherwise you could use Ext 3.0 straight away I guess or build your own Ext 3.0 package ;)
It's not my case anyway, just asking :)

[Kango_V]

How about having that theme for ExtJS and ExtGWT, it looks awesome. This would be the theme to beat SmartClients new Enterprise theme.

[dayfuaim]

Very cool! :D

Is INCLUDE_ORDER the same as in ExtJS 2.x? If any... :-?

P.S.: I just want to use Ext Core 3.0 instead of ExtJS 2.x.

[carol.ext]

Is INCLUDE_ORDER the same as in ExtJS 2.x? If any... :-?

P.S.: I just want to use Ext Core 3.0 instead of ExtJS 2.x.

The "include order" is in the manual (http://extjs.com/products/extcore/manual/).

[dayfuaim]

Hmmm...
Maybe I told not quite precisely. By INCLUDE_ORDER I meant ext/INCLUDE_ORDER.txt where described the order of including Ext files via adapters.

[carol.ext]

Maybe I told not quite precisely. By INCLUDE_ORDER I meant ext/INCLUDE_ORDER.txt where described the order of including Ext files via adapters.

As far as I can tell there is nothing else to include. Take a look at what is in the download.

[TommyMaintz]

carol.ext is right. You only have to include ext-core.js, no adapter or any of such things.
Be sure to check out the manual: http://extjs.com/products/extcore/manual/ , where we explain things like this and everything you need to know about Ext Core in detail.

[Chasm]

I have a site that has built in functionality that requires JQuery. I'm also hoping to use some of the cool widgets in Ext Js 2.1. But are these compatible? Can I just add the Ext Core 3.0 files and go with it? (I understand that I no longer need an adapter... but will including JQuery hose things?)

Thanks!

[mjlecomte]

I have a site that has built in functionality that requires JQuery. I'm also hoping to use some of the cool widgets in Ext Js 2.1. But are these compatible? Can I just add the Ext Core 3.0 files and go with it? (I understand that I no longer need an adapter... but will including JQuery hose things?)

Thanks!

Which widgets?

[Chasm]

Datagrids, accordions, border panels, tabs, etc., etc.

Basically, I'm hoping to build an Ext app for the back end of a site and I need these things, but I also really want to use the nice menu in Ext Core 3.0. But I can't remove the JQuery file either.

[evant]

No, there will be no effect, however in that case you don't want Ext core, you want the Ext full build.

[mikegiddens]

Is there a reason the Ext.Ajax does not natively support cross domain requests in the core?
I normally do a lot of mashups with other webservices and it would be great if core supported the Scripttagproxy.

Is there an easy override for supporting this?

[evant]

ScriptTagProxy requires Ext.data.DataProxy, so we decided to leave it out. If you need it you can always just copy the file to your project.

[TommyMaintz]

@Mike

We created the JSONP example to show you how you use webservices on a different domain. It includes a nice class to do exactly this.

http://extjs.com/playpen/ext-core-latest/examples/jsonp/

Check out the examples folder to see if this is what you need.

[mikegiddens]

@Tommy

Thanks,
That is exactly what I was looking for and will help me out a great deal.

Mike

[jasonw]

really hope Extjs Team to put XTemplate into the core package:)

[mrsunshine]

really hope Extjs Team to put XTemplate into the core package:)

they wont, xtemplate is and will only available in extjs not in the core