Hi Bill,
I didn't look at Ext JS specifically, but included it in the category of
javascript libraries, of which there are several good ones. I decided to go
the flex route rather than the html/css/javascript route for several
reasons, one of which is because I'm a big fan of the ability to define UI
components declaratively (in MXML) while handling events programmatically.
This keeps the amount of code necessary to build an application small,
making maintenance easier down the road. Of course, flex also provides a
large UI component library and a convenient development environment which
speeds initial development.
Bill
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Bill Parod <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thank you, Bill.
> This is very interesting and your impressions are very much appreciated.
> I'm curious if you considered Ext JS (http://extjs.com/) and if so what
> your impressions were.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
>
> On Jan 12, 2009, at 9:23 AM, Bill Branan wrote:
>
> Hi Gert,
> An initiative that I'm currently working on is aimed at replacing the
> current Swing-based administrative interface with a web-based alternative.
> You can read more about the planned features and see a mockup here:
> http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/x/XoF9. The technology selected for
> implementation is Adobe Flex, the code for which is written in MXML and
> Actionscript. I wrote up some of my thoughts as I was doing tool comparisons
> here: http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/x/HgJ2 if you're interested.
> In the end we decided to go with Flex because it provides a powerful
> development environment which takes care of cross-browser concerns and
> because Adobe's Flash player (on which Flex applications run) is widely
> available.
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:40 AM, Gert Schmeltz Pedersen
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have noticed that mxml is now in use in the development work. Can some
>> one elaborate on the considerations behind this choice, thank you.
>>
>> Best,
>> Gert
>>
>>
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