ExtJS mentioned on eweek.com

[mschwartz]

One of the first times I've seen it mentioned by a major publication.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/REVIEW-Ext-JS-30-Eases-Web-App-Development-706898/?kc=EWKNLPED10212009STR4

[tjstuart]

Good article which highlights the good and bad points well.

[nlotz]

Their commercial licensing is a little strange. You need a developer license also for everybody who "develops" with ExtJS "indirectly". A ExtJS salesperson told me that indirectly means that everybody who could cause the server to generate different JavaScript code being used by the framework needs a developer license. So if an end user e.g. has the option to hide a field on a web form (e.g. to get a custom view on a customer record) then this end user requires a developer license! I like their product but this quite vague definition of indirect developers forced me to stay away from ExtJS.
What kind of FUD is that?

[tonedeaf]

Originally Posted by 'Michael' in Article Comments
A ExtJS salesperson told me that indirectly means that everybody who could cause the server to generate different JavaScript code being used by the framework needs a developer license. So if an end user e.g. has the option to hide a field on a web form (e.g. to get a custom view on a customer record) then this end user requires a developer license!
Is this true?

I'm developing an application which allows the user to create custom "views" based on the search criteria. So, does this qualify a purchase of commercial license for every user?

Technically, the JSON generated by the server is also Javascript code which the framework uses.

[crp_spaeth]

"Don a thick skin in the forums--some of the people can get a little snippy with beginners."

HAHA who he propertly thinks about :>:)):)):)):))

[mschwartz]

My take is:



Ext JS is fully backward compatible with the various 2.0 versions, and adds a few goodies, such as a certain amount of REST support, and some controls, such as a pretty cool list view, several ways of paging through data and some amazing charting capabilities. The charts make use of Flash, which is nice in that you don’t need additional server-side libraries for generating chart images.


Bzzzt. Thanks for playing.



But, still, working with Ext JS can be difficult if you want to create some really complex GUIs, especially, as I found in my own tests—for example, when trying to create a dialog box that has numerous controls and doesn’t follow a set “field label – field” layout. (Think of some of the dialog boxes in popular software applications, such as Microsoft Word.) That’s not to say it can’t be done. But you’re going to have to work a little to get there.


Spot on.

[carl23934]

Sounds like exactly what I said with the designer. No absolute layout. Game over. That should be 80% of custom forms IMO.

[abe.elias]

You can have absolute layouts. See attached screenshot.