IDG’s InfoWorld selects Ext JS, Ext GWT and Ext Core for their combination of features that beat all other enterprise JavaScript frameworks.
Palo Alto, California September 20, 2010 — Sencha, the leader in enterprise JavaScript frameworks, announced that its suite of cross-browser JavaScript libraries has been chosen as a 2010 InfoWorld Best of Open Source (Bossie) Awards winner in the category for best open source applications development software. Each year, the InfoWorld Bossie Awards recognize the best business-oriented open source software products. Open source software has established itself as a cornerstone of modern business computing, and the open source community is arguably the greatest driver of innovation in software today.
“The Bossie 2010 award winners are our top picks among open source projects for many different reasons. Some are longtime favorites, and others are completely new,” said Doug Dineley, executive editor/Test Center, InfoWorld. “Some are fast ways to fulfill a familiar need, while others allow companies to do things that weren’t possible or affordable until they came along. The one quality they all share is extreme usefulness, and a combination of features that beats all others in their class.”
“We are honored and delighted to receive a Bossie award from one of the top enterprise publications,” said Abraham Elias, founder and CEO of Sencha. “The recognition by the expert editorial team at InfoWorld reflects the emerging importance of Sencha’s rich web application development technologies as software developers respond to internal and external requirements to provide engaging, cross-platform web experiences for employees, partners and customers.”
Ext JS is a cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich Internet applications, faster than ever. Ext GWT is a Java library for building rich Internet applications with Google Web Toolkit (GWT), enabling developers to leverage existing enterprise skills with the Google Web Toolkit compiler. Ext Core is a lightweight, cross-browser JavaScript library for building dynamic web pages. It provides abstractions for DOM manipulation/traversal, AJAX, events, custom events, animations, templating, OO mechanisms, and more.
