Unless you are referring to the old licensing scheme (which went away some time ago) then discouraging ExtJS use because of it's license is absurd, as the license is GPL. They do have a commercial license available as an option, but you only need that if you want to distribute ExtJS as part of your application and are not prepared to do it under the terms of the GPL.
On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:59 PM, Ashley Pond V wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Andrew Jones > <[email protected]> wrote: >> The problem is that both Prototype and jQuery use the $ variable. >> jQuery provides a compatibility mode so it can work with Prototype, >> but I don't think Prototype provides a compatibility mode. > > If called "correctly" there should be no conflicts with jQuery. > > jQuery(function($) {...} > > I am going to hate on ExtJS for a moment. I was very > interested/infatuated with it until I tried to use it for a big > project. It is shiny and pretty but it's also a pain to integrate and > it, as of the version I was using last year, doesn't allow for > graceful degradation; i.e., your forms are literally in JS, not in > HTML, so no JS means no website. While today this isn't the SEO > disaster it once was and some nines of users have JS on, it still > isn't cool. I admit that a tightly integrated Catalyst controller > could bind/share configs with ExtJS so that it wrote the same output > (e.g., from a FormFu config) regardless but that's also, to me, not > cool. > > ExtJS takes over your application. This may be what you want and it > really does have a lot of great features so take my bagging on it with > whatever dose of salt your doctor recommends. (I'm a jQuery fanboi and > I admit the jQuery UI suite is not up to scratch for features -- > though it is easier to style and integrate; and in my view, adapt or > customize -- one of the reasons there aren't as many official plugins > for things in jQuery is that they are generally so easy to write for > yourself). > > There is also, as mentioned already, the commercial license aspect. I > encourage devs to stop using ExtJS for CPAN projects because it means > some of us can not use your code without ponying up a bucket of cash > which might not bother a big company but would certainly hurt a small > web contract. > > -Ashley > > _______________________________________________ > List: [email protected] > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > _______________________________________________ List: [email protected] Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
