Wrong day to start learning ExtJS?

[bjregan]

July 1, 2009, I downloaded ExtJS to begin learning this API. The "latest version" download zip file was ext-core-3.0.zip, about 1 MB. I unzipped it and started with a beginner's tutorial. One of the things that puzzled me was why the documentation said "navigate to http://your-server/<ext-directory>/docs to view the documentation" when I didn't have that folder in what I had unzipped.

This morning I went back to the site and couldn't find what I had downloaded. Instead, there was a 9.3 MB ext-3.0-rc3.zip. This has a docs directory, as well as resources like CSS and images that I thought should have been there in what I downloaded yesterday.

I looked at the forums for a clue to what might be going on and found this thread: http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2446. It says it's supposed to have a download link for the new builds. The link given, http://extjs.com/download is a broken link.

Did I just pick the wrong day to do an initial download of the code? Is the ext-3.0-rc3.zip what I should be using if I want to work through the tutorials, even if the tutorials say they are for Ext 2.0?

Thank you.

[carl23934]

If you look at the top of this page, there is a section that says "Products".

Under each section (Ext JS, Ext GWT & Ext-Core) there is a download link.

The first thing you downloaded was "Ext-Core". This is a trimmed down version of Ext that doesn't includ everything that the "Ext JS" package has.

Ext JS Download (http://extjs.com/products/extjs/download.php)

Ext Core Download (http://extjs.com/products/extcore/download.php)

If you are new to Ext JS, then you want "Ext JS" rather than the core. When you learn a bit more about what everythign does and how it works you can jump into the core. That is my recommendation at least.

[bjregan]

Thanks for the advice and explanation. I guess I just got confused yesterday on how I had gotten to the Core download page and didn't think there was such a page today. I will use the "Ext JS".

[mschwartz]

Ext Core is a tiny piece of all of ExtJS, something like jQuery. The full blown ExtJS is a comprehensive set of user interface classes for making RIAs.

If you want lightweight WWW pages where you render HTML yourself and want to use javascript to hide or show things or build slightly fancier things like fisheye navigation, pulldown menus, or lightboxes, then Core is sufficient.

If you want grids and trees and tabbed panels and toolbars, then the full ExtJS is what you want.

[Animal]

And access the docs here: http://extjs.com/deploy/ext-3.0-rc3/docs/

All the accumulated wisdom of many posters is there.

Hundreds of forum questions have been used to add extra info to them. The documents explain fully how to do everything you need with full Ext.

[crysfel]

And access the docs here: http://extjs.com/deploy/ext-3.0-rc3/docs/

All the accumulated wisdom of many posters is there.

Hundreds of forum questions have been used to add extra info to them...

Thats so true!! awesome work!! just waiting for the final release :D