There is still gwt-ext. Although it only supports earlier versions of EXT, it is still an excellent UI toolkit. It's too bad about the split into SmartGWT and GXT -- neither have been as good as the old days of gwt-ext. It seems like the EXT license debacle has really been a major blow to developing great-looking UI's on GWT.
On Oct 20, 9:26 am, Mohamed Mansour <[email protected]> wrote: > Still, its not "fully" open source, you need the extjs (which is not) > and extjs costs money as the previous poster stated. If you include > extjs to your opensource project, it means your project isn't fully > open source. > > I would rather see a toolkit which is fully opensource like GWT. Where > developers can contribute to it to make one awesome toolkit. Like a > toolkit library. > > On Oct 20, 5:28 am, Alex Bertram <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Have been using GXT for about a year under the open source license and > > haven't paid a thing... > > > SVN access would be nice but so our app (in production) hasn't been > > affected by the bugs. Have my complaints about the library, but do > > have to say it makes UI development fast although you do have to work > > to get beyond the bulky desktop look. > > > Alex > > > On Oct 20, 10:20 am, David Sanders <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > *crosses extgwt off list* > > > > I love it when people cut through the bullshit... > > > > 2009/10/20 [email protected] <[email protected]> > > > > > Let me enlighten you guys. First of all ExtGWT is anything but free. > > > > It costs $329 / per license. Moreover there is an annual upgrade fee > > > > because they upgrade from minor versions to a major versions for no > > > > apparent reason other than to charge an upgrade fee. For example > > > > 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.1 and then version 3.0 without any significant > > > > features to justify this version jump. > > > > > Now the $329 / license really doesn't get you much. Version 2.0 final > > > > of ExtGWT was pretty much demoware with over 100 critical bugs. > > > > Several months later several bugs have been fixed but license holders > > > > are not entitled to the latest bug fix release of 2.0.3. You not only > > > > need a license but you need a support subscription to download the > > > > latest stable version. > > > > > Seehttp://www.extjs.com/products/gxt/download.php > > > >http://www.extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?p=393316#post393316 > > > > > Basic level of annual support cost $300 / license / year. > > > >http://www.extjs.com/store/gxt/ > > > > > Bottom line : cost of ExtGWT is $629 / license / year. > > > > > On Oct 20, 10:39 am, Alexandros Papadakis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Looks like it... I have seen in their forums that there is a 2.0.3 > > > > also... > > > > > maybe in their trunk? > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Josh Morris <[email protected] > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > It looks like they are coming out with a new 2.1 release in > > > > > > November, > > > > > > but they are not going to release 2.0.2. Is this a new practice? I > > > > > > don't remember having to deal with this before. > > > > > > > On Oct 19, 3:52 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I been looking for a good library that is free. > > > > > > > > Both of the 2 have different problems. Mian problem of smartgwt > > > > > > > is it > > > > > > > does not have a correct changehandler because it get fires while > > > > > > > you > > > > > > > type. > > > > > > > > GXT have lot of random bugs and they claim to fix it and can only > > > > > > > get > > > > > > > the newer version if you buy their subscription. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
