Jack Slocum and team are nearing release of Ext 2.0. There is a preview up on the Ext blog. I've been bouncing back and forth between MooTools and Ext 1.1 for a few projects I'm building. MooTools is small and a little easier for me to wrap my head around if I'm just trying to drop in a specific widget. Ext is much larger, and at least to my mind is a more all or nothing proposition. So you probably wouldn't want to get involved if you just need one little effect. But I'm strangely excited about Ext 2.0 and I have one project that has been waiting for it's release. The previews confirm what I expected - it looks amazing. For building a full blown web application with just HTML, javascript, and CSS (i.e., no Flash) there doesn't seem to be anything else that can touch it.
Ext 2.0 alpha has been released. I'm seeing a bunch of problems in Safari but I'm sure those will be fixed. Overall this is an amazing project (framework? I'm not even sure what to call it.) It's big though, and can feel a little sluggish on my admittedly old computer. But it solves so many problems. And the speed issues will work themselves out over time. I'm pretty sure there is a big place in the future for Ext.
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- jim 9-06-2007 9:37 pm
Ext 2.0 alpha has been released. I'm seeing a bunch of problems in Safari but I'm sure those will be fixed. Overall this is an amazing project (framework? I'm not even sure what to call it.) It's big though, and can feel a little sluggish on my admittedly old computer. But it solves so many problems. And the speed issues will work themselves out over time. I'm pretty sure there is a big place in the future for Ext.
- jim 9-29-2007 6:50 pm