I’m in conversation with a group that’s using Ext JS for their RIA. As I haven’t used it, I thought I’d go ask at the international water fountain that is twitter about it.
Anyone using Ext JS? Thoughts compared to jQuery or Prototype/Scriptaculous?about 3 hours ago from TweetDeck
This is what I got back (I love twitter):
parkerkrhoyt@joshholmes IMHO, Ext is more about traditional applications. jQuery is a Swiss Army knife. Ext can do that, but rarely is used that way.about 1 hour ago from TwitterFon in reply to joshholmes
ntschutta@joshholmes friend of mine loves ext but the learning curve can be steep and leads to lots of js config rather then HTML. I like proto a tonabout 2 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to joshholmes
objo@joshholmes we have tried all three and much prefer jquery. but ext is in a very different space with diff objectivesabout 2 hours ago from Nambu in reply to joshholmes
ksmarshall@joshholmes I use extjs and jquery together. I just use extjs for some of the nice ui controls it creates and jquery for the rest of the jsabout 2 hours ago from twitterrific
dmeeker@joshholmes We’ve looked at it extensively. It seems to be a mishmosh of those other libraries, no? I can put you in touch with someone hereabout 3 hours ago from web in reply to joshholmes
jblankenburg@joshholmes My limited experience suggests it’s much more a RIA development framework than jquery, etc.about 3 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to joshholmes
nkohari@joshholmes ExtJS is nice if you’re looking for a full control toolkit. If you just want a low-level JS library, jQuery is the best imo.about 3 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to joshholmes
ExtJS is perfect for RIA. Compared to jQuery, ExtJS has a lot of components like trees, grids ready to use with just a few lines of code.
jQuery fits better for websites that don’t need that much of RIA style.
Indeed, ExtJS’ learning curve can be steep, but once you get at the top evertything about Ext seems to be so normal. ExtJS implies a very good understanding of *object inheritance* in JS.