What are you talking about? Care to elaborate instead of writing a one liner
with a smiley which makes no sense.

"until they get in touch with server side code :) (not talking about
ee/pro)"

Are you having trouble writing server side code?

Sanjiv

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 4:38 AM, mariyan nenchev
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Very nice features... until they get in touch with server side code :) (not
> talking about ee/pro).
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:30 AM, ckendrick <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Um, so, it was pointed out to me that I missed some major ones.  Even
>> some I wrote personally :)
>>
>> Drag Reorder of columns
>>
>> http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_appearance_columnorder
>>
>> The CubeGrid (multi-dimensional data model support)
>>    http://www.smartclient.com/index.jsp#basicCube
>>    http://www.smartclient.com/index.jsp#analytics
>>
>> A whole range of autoFit behaviors (not just this sample, the whole
>> folder)
>>    http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_autofit_filter
>>
>> Also, the fact that all of these features also apply to TreeGrids (eg
>> frozen columns and full-row editing).
>>
>> Also, SmartGWT's data connector architecture and it's ability to
>> support multiple caches on the same large data set, with independent
>> search criteria, sort direction, etc.  This is needed for dozens of
>> use cases involving large data sets, such as moving records from one
>> category to another by drag and drop.  GXT's "Store" is extremely
>> primitive by comparison and a lot of manual effort is required to
>> achieve something like this:
>>     http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwtee/showcase/#row_drag_save
>>
>> I have probably missed another 9 major grid features, and this only
>> covers feature advantages related to grids, however this and my
>> previous post are probably the best answer to the original question:
>> what are the technical advantages.
>>
>> On Feb 15, 12:02 pm, ckendrick <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Carl,
>> >
>> > On skins, you don't sound as though you've looked at the Showcase
>> > since 2.0, when we made a series of improvements which now has most
>> > users commenting that our skins are sharper than GXTs.
>> >
>> > On grids, this is the first time I've ever seen someone claim the GXT
>> > grids are better, I really don't think you took more than a cursory
>> > look at the samples.  Here are some of the largest features missing
>> > from GXT's grids (there are many many more):
>> >
>> > Adaptive Filtering
>> >
>> http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_adaptive_filter_fe...
>> >
>> > Databound Dragging
>> >
>> http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_db_dragging_featur...
>> >
>> > Custom nested components (embed anything)
>> >    http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#featured_nested_grid
>> >
>> http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_nested_form_new_ca...
>> >
>> > Pluggable data models (build a master-detail component for any data
>> > model)
>> >    http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#featured_master_detail
>> >
>> > Frozen columns with editing, drag and drop and all other features
>> > still supported
>> >    http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_frozen_editing
>> >
>> > Multi-level sort
>> >
>> http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_multisort_new_cate...
>> >
>> > Automatic cache synchronization on update
>> >
>> http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwtee/javadoc/com/smartgwt/client/dat...
>> >
>> > Multi-level filtering
>> >
>> http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_nested_filter_builder
>> >
>> > Multiple rows of headers
>> >
>> http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_appearance_header_...
>> >
>> > User-specified formula and summary columns
>> >
>> http://www.smartclient.com/smartgwt/showcase/#grid_appearance_formula...
>> >
>> > Also, once again, these features work *together*.  There are many
>> > combinations of GXT features that don't (eg Live Grid and most major
>> > grid features), and if you go with some hack from the forums to enable
>> > one of the missing features, you'll find even less compatibility with
>> > other features (and no support).
>> >
>> > Just didn't want anyone to think the grids are even close to
>> > comparable.  The features above are all part of the free LGPL edition
>> > by the way.
>> >
>> > On Feb 14, 7:00 pm, Carl Pritchett <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > We have used GXT from 1.2 to 2.1.1 on a mid-sized project.
>> >
>> > > Pros
>> > > - I think the look and feel is sharp and responsive (much nicer
>> thatSmartGWTIMHO - but look at the showcases and judge for youself).
>> > > - Grids are the best I've seen (sorrySmartGWT) but no lockable
>> > > columns (which Smart does have) -  we had to write our own (I've
>> > > posted them on the forums)
>> > > - It's all java and it's trivial to debug / overrride features
>> > > - Good community in the forums
>> > > - Bugs get fixed if you are persistent enough
>> >
>> > > Cons
>> > > - Quirky bugs and behaviour changes in each version - need to check
>> > > for regression when taking an upgrade.
>> > > - Only first point release if available if you don't have a support
>> > > contract (even if you buy the product) and there can be a long wait
>> > > (for your business / customers) between versions.
>> > > - Mostly trivial examples in showcase that aren't like an app you will
>> > > build (though to be fair same can be said for most GWT frameworks)
>> > > - Not much doco / java doc, which can make complex apps / layouts
>> > > difficult to get right - some unexpected behaviours
>> >
>> >
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