Ext Js 3.0 Released

[Cutter (ColdFusion)]

Ext Js, the force behind the ColdFusion Ajax components, has just
released v3.0. This update, which will be included in ColdFusion 9
(according to the slide deck used when the Adobe User Group Tour stopped
here in Nashville), is a significant upgrade, with many new features to
take advantage of. For those who are interested, you can find out a
little more from this post:

http://blog.cutterscrossing.com/index.cfm/2009/7/6/Ext-Js-30-is-Finally-Released

--
Steve "Cutter" Blades
Adobe Certified Professional
Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer

Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
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[James Holmes-3]

My only gripe is that they only included one theme with the current
ExtJS deployment. However, it won't take long before people modify the
old themes and port them across.

mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles:
http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/



2009/7/7 Cutter (ColdFusion) <cold.fusion@...>:

>
> Ext Js, the force behind the ColdFusion Ajax components, has just
> released v3.0. This update, which will be included in ColdFusion 9
> (according to the slide deck used when the Adobe User Group Tour stopped
> here in Nashville), is a significant upgrade, with many new features to
> take advantage of. For those who are interested, you can find out a
> little more from this post:
>
> http://blog.cutterscrossing.com/index.cfm/2009/7/6/Ext-Js-30-is-Finally-Released
>
> --
> Steve "Cutter" Blades
> Adobe Certified Professional
> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>
> Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
> http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
> _____________________________
> http://blog.cutterscrossing.com
>
>
>
>

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[Adrocknaphobia]

Actually, we might ship with an even more current version 3.1... it just all
depends on when we release CF vs. when they release Ext 3.1. ;-) The Ext
crew gives us access to the repository now so we're playing with the BER
stuff. I have to say, some of the stuff they are working on is pretty damn
cool.
-Adam

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Cutter (ColdFusion) <
cold.fusion@...> wrote:

>
> Ext Js, the force behind the ColdFusion Ajax components, has just
> released v3.0. This update, which will be included in ColdFusion 9
> (according to the slide deck used when the Adobe User Group Tour stopped
> here in Nashville), is a significant upgrade, with many new features to
> take advantage of. For those who are interested, you can find out a
> little more from this post:
>
>
> http://blog.cutterscrossing.com/index.cfm/2009/7/6/Ext-Js-30-is-Finally-Released
>
> --
> Steve "Cutter" Blades
> Adobe Certified Professional
> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>
> Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
> http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
> _____________________________
> http://blog.cutterscrossing.com
>
>
>
>

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[Cutter (ColdFusion)]

Adam,

That is fantastic! Yes, Jack, Aaron, and the team are doing some truly
spectacular stuff, and the focus they are keeping with backwards
compatibility should help your team in the future, in terms of new Ext
releases making it into CF before a full dot release;)

Now, if we could just get packed js code in our template headers...;)

Adrocknaphobia wrote:

> Actually, we might ship with an even more current version 3.1... it just all
> depends on when we release CF vs. when they release Ext 3.1. ;-) The Ext
> crew gives us access to the repository now so we're playing with the BER
> stuff. I have to say, some of the stuff they are working on is pretty damn
> cool.
> -Adam
>
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Cutter (ColdFusion) <
> cold.fusion@...> wrote:
>
>  
>> Ext Js, the force behind the ColdFusion Ajax components, has just
>> released v3.0. This update, which will be included in ColdFusion 9
>> (according to the slide deck used when the Adobe User Group Tour stopped
>> here in Nashville), is a significant upgrade, with many new features to
>> take advantage of. For those who are interested, you can find out a
>> little more from this post:
>>
>>
>> http://blog.cutterscrossing.com/index.cfm/2009/7/6/Ext-Js-30-is-Finally-Released
>>
>> --
>> Steve "Cutter" Blades
>> Adobe Certified Professional
>> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>>
>> Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
>> http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
>> _____________________________
>> http://blog.cutterscrossing.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    
>
>

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[Judah McAuley]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Cutter (ColdFusion
Related)<cold.fusion@...> wrote:
> Now, if we could just get packed js code in our template headers...;)

And if only we could get real theming support in Ext so that it looked
like the rest of our app...

I know Jack has said that easier theming is coming and Jack does a
heck of a job delivering on the promises he makes (usually quite
quickly I might add) but that is one area in which JQuery UI is eating
their lunch. I've had two projects that far that have had to be
switched from Ext to JQuery UI because of theming.

Judah

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[Cutter (ColdFusion)]

Theming is much easier, as they've broken down the CSS by component
within the build files. There have been multiple themes available via
the forums and learning center of the Ext site for quite a while, and
the Spket IDE (http://www.spket.com/) has a custom theming tool built in
as well.

Steve "Cutter" Blades
Adobe Certified Professional
Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer

Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
_____________________________
http://blog.cutterscrossing.com


On 7/9/2009 10:35 AM, Judah McAuley wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Cutter (ColdFusion
> Related)<cold.fusion@...>  wrote:
>    
>> Now, if we could just get packed js code in our template headers...;)
>>      
>
> And if only we could get real theming support in Ext so that it looked
> like the rest of our app...
>
> I know Jack has said that easier theming is coming and Jack does a
> heck of a job delivering on the promises he makes (usually quite
> quickly I might add) but that is one area in which JQuery UI is eating
> their lunch. I've had two projects that far that have had to be
> switched from Ext to JQuery UI because of theming.
>
> Judah
>
>

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[Judah McAuley]

I'll take a look again but Ext Core did not seem to have much of
anything in the way of themeing options that didn't still require 101
images. And given that a lot of the widgets were pulled out of Ext
Core and have yet to be upgraded..I'm dubious.

JQuery UI has the themeroller engine. I'm still amazing impressed by
it. I really love the way that Ext is engineered but until it has
something similar to themeroller, it really isn't "skinable" in the
way that people are going to expect.

Judah

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Cutter
(ColdFusion)<cold.fusion@...> wrote:

>
> Theming is much easier, as they've broken down the CSS by component
> within the build files. There have been multiple themes available via
> the forums and learning center of the Ext site for quite a while, and
> the Spket IDE (http://www.spket.com/) has a custom theming tool built in
> as well.
>
> Steve "Cutter" Blades
> Adobe Certified Professional
> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>
> Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
> http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
> _____________________________

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[Cutter (ColdFusion)]

You're looking at the wrong bits. Ext Core is the same thing as JQuery,
a DOM manipulation and Ajax setup. Ext Js (full) would be the components
(similar to JQueryUI, though more full featured).

Theming does require a log of images. With the various controls we've
customized, I know I've had to change about 30. Spket can help, doing
the entire library, if you're theming only entails color differences.

I've never seen (or heard) of the themeroller engine for JQueryUI. I'll
take a look at it.

Steve "Cutter" Blades
Adobe Certified Professional
Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer

Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
_____________________________
http://blog.cutterscrossing.com


On 7/9/2009 12:48 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:

> I'll take a look again but Ext Core did not seem to have much of
> anything in the way of themeing options that didn't still require 101
> images. And given that a lot of the widgets were pulled out of Ext
> Core and have yet to be upgraded..I'm dubious.
>
> JQuery UI has the themeroller engine. I'm still amazing impressed by
> it. I really love the way that Ext is engineered but until it has
> something similar to themeroller, it really isn't "skinable" in the
> way that people are going to expect.
>
> Judah
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Cutter
> (ColdFusion)<cold.fusion@...>  wrote:
>    
>> Theming is much easier, as they've broken down the CSS by component
>> within the build files. There have been multiple themes available via
>> the forums and learning center of the Ext site for quite a while, and
>> the Spket IDE (http://www.spket.com/) has a custom theming tool built in
>> as well.
>>
>> Steve "Cutter" Blades
>> Adobe Certified Professional
>> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>>
>> Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
>> http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
>> _____________________________
>>      
>
>

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[Judah McAuley]

I'll have to take a look at Ext again as well. We bought a license to
get at svn a bit before the 3.0 beta release at the April conference.
At that point, at least, there had been no substantial themeing
changes and all that they were really releasing was Core. It isn't
obvious from the site now if anything besides Core has been released.
Perhaps it is just confusion though. When they released 3.0 Core, I
expected there to be a follow up with 3.0 Other Bits. Have they rolled
it back into one project? Is there no separation between Core
and...other stuff?

Do check out the themeroller for JQueryUI. You can do a lot of on the
fly skinning for people with different color look/feels without having
to change any images at all and that is huge for rolling out
multi-customer websites.

Judah

On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Cutter
(ColdFusion)<cold.fusion@...> wrote:

>
> You're looking at the wrong bits. Ext Core is the same thing as JQuery,
> a DOM manipulation and Ajax setup. Ext Js (full) would be the components
> (similar to JQueryUI, though more full featured).
>
> Theming does require a log of images. With the various controls we've
> customized, I know I've had to change about 30. Spket can help, doing
> the entire library, if you're theming only entails color differences.
>
> I've never seen (or heard) of the themeroller engine for JQueryUI. I'll
> take a look at it.
>
> Steve "Cutter" Blades
> Adobe Certified Professional
> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>
> Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
> http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
> _____________________________
> http://blog.cutterscrossing.com
>
>
> On 7/9/2009 12:48 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>> I'll take a look again but Ext Core did not seem to have much of
>> anything in the way of themeing options that didn't still require 101
>> images. And given that a lot of the widgets were pulled out of Ext
>> Core and have yet to be upgraded..I'm dubious.
>>
>> JQuery UI has the themeroller engine. I'm still amazing impressed by
>> it. I really love the way that Ext is engineered but until it has
>> something similar to themeroller, it really isn't "skinable" in the
>> way that people are going to expect.
>>
>> Judah
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Cutter
>> (ColdFusion)<cold.fusion@...>  wrote:
>>
>>> Theming is much easier, as they've broken down the CSS by component
>>> within the build files. There have been multiple themes available via
>>> the forums and learning center of the Ext site for quite a while, and
>>> the Spket IDE (http://www.spket.com/) has a custom theming tool built in
>>> as well.
>>>
>>> Steve "Cutter" Blades
>>> Adobe Certified Professional
>>> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>>>
>>> Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
>>> http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
>>> _____________________________
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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[Cutter (ColdFusion)]

Ext Js 3.0 is highlighted in the top section of their homepage right
now. The separation of products is easiest found from the Products menu
item on the site. They are separate products, though Core is at the core
of Ext Js itself, with the rest of the library being built on top of it.

Themeroller does look very sharp. I'll have to drop a note to the Ext
team to check it out. There are many themes available within the
learning center and the forums, but nothing this tight to show you your
options.

Judah McAuley wrote:

> I'll have to take a look at Ext again as well. We bought a license to
> get at svn a bit before the 3.0 beta release at the April conference.
> At that point, at least, there had been no substantial themeing
> changes and all that they were really releasing was Core. It isn't
> obvious from the site now if anything besides Core has been released.
> Perhaps it is just confusion though. When they released 3.0 Core, I
> expected there to be a follow up with 3.0 Other Bits. Have they rolled
> it back into one project? Is there no separation between Core
> and...other stuff?
>
> Do check out the themeroller for JQueryUI. You can do a lot of on the
> fly skinning for people with different color look/feels without having
> to change any images at all and that is huge for rolling out
> multi-customer websites.
>
> Judah
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Cutter
> (ColdFusion)<cold.fusion@...> wrote:
>  
>> You're looking at the wrong bits. Ext Core is the same thing as JQuery,
>> a DOM manipulation and Ajax setup. Ext Js (full) would be the components
>> (similar to JQueryUI, though more full featured).
>>
>> Theming does require a log of images. With the various controls we've
>> customized, I know I've had to change about 30. Spket can help, doing
>> the entire library, if you're theming only entails color differences.
>>
>> I've never seen (or heard) of the themeroller engine for JQueryUI. I'll
>> take a look at it.
>>
>> Steve "Cutter" Blades
>> Adobe Certified Professional
>> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>>
>> Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
>> http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
>> _____________________________
>> http://blog.cutterscrossing.com
>>
>>
>> On 7/9/2009 12:48 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>>    
>>> I'll take a look again but Ext Core did not seem to have much of
>>> anything in the way of themeing options that didn't still require 101
>>> images. And given that a lot of the widgets were pulled out of Ext
>>> Core and have yet to be upgraded..I'm dubious.
>>>
>>> JQuery UI has the themeroller engine. I'm still amazing impressed by
>>> it. I really love the way that Ext is engineered but until it has
>>> something similar to themeroller, it really isn't "skinable" in the
>>> way that people are going to expect.
>>>
>>> Judah
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Cutter
>>> (ColdFusion)<cold.fusion@...>  wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>> Theming is much easier, as they've broken down the CSS by component
>>>> within the build files. There have been multiple themes available via
>>>> the forums and learning center of the Ext site for quite a while, and
>>>> the Spket IDE (http://www.spket.com/) has a custom theming tool built in
>>>> as well.
>>>>
>>>> Steve "Cutter" Blades
>>>> Adobe Certified Professional
>>>> Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer
>>>>
>>>> Co-Author of "Learning Ext JS"
>>>> http://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js/book
>>>> _____________________________
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>      
>>    
>
>

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