Ext JS for Customer Facing applications

[venkat2ganesh]

Hi,

I am new to Ext JS and I am trying to develop a customer facing application using asp.net.

My client wants to use Ext JS, can anyone tell me advantages of using Ext JS over asp.net ajax? and why?

Our application takes(one part) takes lots of input from users and second part is for office admin to process the data entered by customers.

Thanks

[jay@moduscreate.com]

:)

view the examples

[netski]

Welcome venkat2ganesh!

You should check out http://www.coolite.com/ for a great ASP.NET implementation of the ExtJS library. Great if you're used to server side controls, like I am :)

Cheers,
Timothy

[venkat2ganesh]

Thanks for the quick replies. I saw the samples and those look great. But my question is, since we have few controls in AJAX (asp.net) and instead of using AJAX why I should go for Ext JS.

Sorry, since I am very new to Ext JS, can you please explain me?

[michaelc]

Thanks for the quick replies. I saw the samples and those look great. But my question is, since we have few controls in AJAX (asp.net) and instead of using AJAX why I should go for Ext JS.

Sorry, since I am very new to Ext JS, can you please explain me?

ahh to make your life simpler
otherwise you need a complete framework around how to manage the actual display.
AJAX (asp.net ) only handles the sending and receiving of an AJAX request.

once you have the request you need to do something dynamic with the display that's why you want extjs.

[venkat2ganesh]

ahh to make your life simpler
otherwise you need a complete framework around how to manage the actual display.
AJAX (asp.net ) only handles the sending and receiving of an AJAX request.

once you have the request you need to do something dynamic with the display that's why you want extjs.

michael,

So, you mean don't compare Ajax and Ext JS? Ext JS is only for RICH interface development?

Thanks

[mankz]

@Venkat: I think you mean the MS Ajax Control Toolkit (not to be confused with just saying Ajax).

MS Ajax Control Toolkit and ExtJS are comparable as they both are widget libraries. How do they compare? Using MS Ajax is like living in a house built of horse crap, and ExtJS is like having a really cool beer in the desert. Every day. Really.

[venkat2ganesh]

@Venkat: I think you mean the MS Ajax Control Toolkit (not to be confused with just saying Ajax).

MS Ajax Control Toolkit and ExtJS are comparable as they both are widget libraries. How do they compare? Using MS Ajax is like living in a house built of horse crap, and ExtJS is like having a really cool beer in the desert. Every day. Really.

very nice comparison. more question,

1.If I use Ext JS widjets in asp.net instead of ajax control kit. Do I still need scriptmanager and update panel?

2.Do you have any example of asp.net page that uses Ext JS and populates data?

[tryanDLS]

very nice comparison. more question,

1.If I use Ext JS widjets in asp.net instead of ajax control kit. Do I still need scriptmanager and update panel?

2.Do you have any example of asp.net page that uses Ext JS and populates data?
1. No you don't
2. There are many examples in the forums of using Ext with .Net - you'll have to do some searching and reading

[mystix]

2.Do you have any example of asp.net page that uses Ext JS and populates data?

here's one to get you started:
http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59903

[ckr]

...and ExtJS is like having a really cool beer in the desert. Every day. Really.

I knew there was one more reason to use ExtJS! :))