Ext
ExtPlayer: Ext AIR classes get an update
Aaron Conran has created a new set of AIR classes, as well as an example called ExtPlayer to show them off.
Ext.air.MusicPlayer
Ext 2.0.2 introduced an Ext.air.Sound class, which is useful for playin ....... read more
Tue,
25 Nov 2008
CDNs Gaining Broader Use with JavaScript Libraries
YUI and Google
Most everyone knows that Google has really stepped up to the plate by helping many JavaScript library projects host their builds on the Google AJAX Libraries API. Apart from providing a ....... read more
Thu,
20 Nov 2008
Ext JS 3.0 Roadmap and Developer Tool
Alex Moore wrote in to highlight a couple of developments in the Ext JS community. First, the Ext JS roadmap has been updated with goals for the 2009-targetted 3.0 release:
# All new lightweight, h ....... read more
Mon,
10 Nov 2008
Testing Ext Applications With Selenium
Darrell Meyer has written a detail article on testing Ext applications, both Ext JS and GXT versions:
Both Ext JS and Ext GWT applications can benefit from Selenium tests. In fact, with few except ....... read more
Tue,
04 Nov 2008
Tying great visualizations to Ext charts and maps
Aaron Conran has developed a nice Ext Extension to tie that world to the Google Visualization API:
Working with different API?s can present hurdles as we attempt to massage the same data in two di ....... read more
Mon,
13 Oct 2008
Ext JS Key mapping; Keyboard handling as a first class citizen
I am a strong believe in making the keyboard a first class citizen for your applications, including on the Web. Thus, I was interested to read how Ext JS has keyboard handling that ties into the entir ....... read more
Wed,
24 Sep 2008
Ext GWT 1.1 Released
Darrell Meyer has announced the release of Ext GWT 1.1 which is said to shortens the feature set gap between Ext JS.”
New Features
The Grid component wraps the Ext JS grid, and it includes supp ....... read more
Thu,
18 Sep 2008
Django and ExtJS Grids with Filters
Are you an ExtJS and Django user? If so, you will want to check out this article by Matt of Tangible Worldwide on Using ExtJS's Grid Filtering with Django.
He goes into detail on how to tweak the grid ....... read more
Mon,
04 Aug 2008
Ext 2.2: History, Selectors, FileUploader, and more
Ext 2.2 has been released, and it has features to complement the usual maintenance bug fixes and performance updates (Ext now works better in Firefox 3).
New features include:
CheckboxGroup / Radio ....... read more
Wed,
06 Aug 2008
Live Scrolling via Ext?s LiveDataPanel Widget
Many developers really like the live scrolling functionality popularized by DZone. As you scroll down the page, a XHR call is made which pulls back data and instantly refreshes and allows you to conti ....... read more
Wed,
16 Jul 2008
Ext GWT 1.0: GWT 1.5 support, new APIs, performance, and docs
Darrell Meyer has announced Ext GWT 1.0. This is the first fully stable release of the product and it includes a lot of goodies including:
Documentation: new screencasts of the various steps
GWT 1. ....... read more
Tue,
08 Jul 2008
WiiExtJS: Building Ajax apps that run on the Wii Opera browser
Shea Frederick has posted on building Wii-friendly web pages using the ExtJS library. Shea focuses on the various issues that come up when building something for the Wii resolution, screen size, inpu ....... read more
Thu,
05 Jun 2008
To GWT Ext or to Ext GWT?
One part of the Ext JS 2.1 release was the prominence of the sub project Ext GWT, a project that lets you code in Java with GWT while using the Ext components and framework. But wait a minute, I thoug ....... read more
Wed,
23 Apr 2008
Ext JS responds with Open Source FLOSS Exceptions
Jack Slocum and his team are listening, and appear to be working with the community to clear things up:
With our recent change to the GPL v3 some concerns have been brought up by the Ext Community. W ....... read more
Mon,
28 Apr 2008
OpenExt: The fork
OpenExt is here. It is a fork of Ext JS 2.0.2, which was under an LGPL license (kinda&. with some invalid, non-open source licensing). The crux of the fork is:
Ext are claiming that a fork of the exi ....... read more
Sun,
27 Apr 2008
Ext JS and the fun with Open Source licenses
There has been a lot of noise revolving around Ext JS and the open source license decisions. Under the original license (LGPL-ish) many thought that it wasnt actually an open source license at all. J ....... read more
Sat,
26 Apr 2008
Ext JS 2.1 Released
Ext JS 2.1 has been released. In this point release the featured changes are: Full REST support Added Ext.StatusBar Component and Samples Added Ext.Slider Component and Samples Added Example to demon ....... read more
Mon,
21 Apr 2008
Using the YouTube API via Ext
With the YouTube API recently released, theres bound to be lots of cool controls coming out soon. Thorsten Suckow-Homberg spent a weekend hacking up a Ext-based user Extension that leverages YouTube ....... read more
Fri,
28 Mar 2008
To ExtPHP, or to PHP-Ext?
I got emails on the same day from two developers letting me know about ExtJS wrappers for PHP. PHP-Ext First, Sergei Walter Guerra told me about PHP-Ext "an open source widget library written for PHP ....... read more
Thu,
06 Mar 2008
Ext Releases v2.0.2 with Adobe AIR Support
To coincide with the release of Adobe's AIR v1.0, the Ext team released v2.0.2 of the Ext framework with enhanced support for the new AIR runtime. The Ext and Adobe teams collaborated during the AIR b ....... read more
Mon,
25 Feb 2008