Ext on its way to world domination

Ext JS Core

While Ext JS turns 3 and already had a turbulent past, the development team has come up with a new project & licensing structure.

While it is still in beta, Ext JS seems to have been split up in an Ext JS Core library, which is a complete alternative to jQuery, Prototype, Dojo, Mootools,… and the upcoming full Ext JS library, which will probably include the features you know Ext best for: the slick user interface.

Together with the beta release of the core version, a bunch of popular widgets have been mimicked: Lightbox, Tabs, Image rotation and Context menu’s.

The Ext JS Core is MIT licensed, which basically means it is completely free. There was of course no other way to go because of the competition. But since the core version completely eliminates the use of any other JavaScript framework, it will pave the way even more for the full version. Together with the already huge Ext community (> 70000 registered members), world domination can’t be far away.

Although I have had a lot of fun with jQuery, I guess I no longer have a reason to use it. They seem to have done a fine job to offer a replacement (with a file size that almost matches)!


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One Response to “Ext on its way to world domination”

  1. Gravatar of Tommy Maintz Tommy Maintz
    6. April 2009 at 21:47

    Hi,

    Thank you for the writeup about Ext Core. Although world domination is not one of the points on the companies mission statement, it would be great if more people appreciated Ext Core :) The bigger the community, the more feedback we get, the better we can make it! Please feel free to send me an email if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.

    Kind Regards,
    Tommy Maintz

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