G-ROC web applications » Ext JS http://www.g-roc.com PHP freelancer, web developer, mobile web enthusiast Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:34:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Ext JS Book by Packt to be reviewed http://www.g-roc.com/36_ext-js-book-by-packt-to-be-reviewed.html http://www.g-roc.com/36_ext-js-book-by-packt-to-be-reviewed.html#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:23:48 +0000 Rocco http://www.g-roc.com/36_ext-js-book-by-packt-to-be-reviewed.html I have been working on an Ext JS related project during the last year and there was a lot to be learnt. Meanwhile Ext JS’ version jumped to 3.0 and it seems the library is gaining quite some traction.
While working as a consultant at T-Home, I have seen an increase of projects employing the library. The demand for knowledge in this area is accordingly high, so we will see a number of new books on Ext JS.

Ext JS CookbookPackt Publishing has sent me a copy of their new Ext JS 3.0 Cookbook, which I will be reviewing here soon. You can check out the book on the publisher’s website, more here soon.

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If you are unfamiliar with Ext JS, make sure you bring yourself up to date! In short it is a JavaScript library providing a set of nicely styled and very functional widgets, such as grids and tree structures that you can use  to create rich, desktop-like web applications.

This user group was the first in Germany. Attendees were mostly freelancers, but also employees. 6 of the 15 attendees were fellow consultants from T-Home where I am currently doing some contracting/consulting work; and Ext JS happens to be one of my main topics there. Barcampy as we were we didn’t have an agenda. Yet 3 people were giving presentations and they were all worth the trip to the d.k.d offices in Frankfurt where the UG was held. I am a bad name rememberer so sorry for not giving credits here to the presenters, but honestly you all did a great job guys and I gained some good insight.

We also had some thought-provoking discussions about memory management and -leaks and about our experiences switching over to the brand-new Ext JS version 3.0. I can just encourage anybody interested in the topic to join us next time – we’re not sure when the next session will be, but watch this space or the Ext JS forum for updates.

A big thank you goes out to d.k.d, Germany’s leading TYPO3 agency, for hosting the user group and especially to Nils Dehl for organizing the whole thing and getting the crowd together. Till next time!

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