We've found this ability to override methods and subclass components
to be invaluable. You may be able to do some of this with SmartGWT, I
have not specifically looked. Coming from a Wicket background I found
GXT to be very comfortable and 'Wicketlike' in the way thats its pure
Java and abstracts that level of the platform away.
For example, I needed to add a rowexpander to a grid that expanded out
to show editable record details. GXT has a widget that lets you inject
arbitrary html into an expanded row out of the box. This obviously
sucks when your dealing with a complex and interactive editable row
detail. The entire point (for us) of working in this environment is to
be widget driven vs html driven. With a touch of work I was able to
expand the RowExpander class with my own version that allowed me to
put a Composite Panel in the expanded row vs plain html which let all
of my other tools and the panels sub-components do their job. Once
again, very Wicket-Like for me.
Probably totally possible and easy for SmartGWT (maybe even Out Of The
Box) but I also found it very easy with GXT.
The docs are crap though. One you get into the 'GXT Mindset' it comes
fast and easy but it takes a long time to get into the GXT
mindset.
We will evaluate SmartGWT for a future project, the pace of
development there and the level of support can't really be denied. GXT
is falling over in this regard. Slow release process and no real
support (even Premium forums are mostly dead) is a big concern.
For now we're GXT though.
John-
On Feb 3, 8:24 am, Tercio terciofi...@gmail.com wrote:
You know guys, this is a tough decision. We all differ in experience
and knowledge.
I think that this criticism is good for every one.
SmartGWT is very good in Server-side integration, with a lot UI
widgets, but it's a wrapper to JS and you can't override the way it
work internally(Yes, some will disagree), you can just override some
PROPERTY methods, and I think that this discussion is over.
GXT has no Server-side integration, they have far less widgets than
SmartGWT, but, it's pure Java, you can change it completely just
overriding some methods or classes and yes, NO documentation at all,
theirs JavaDoc just SUCKS.
But I'd prefer GXT instead SmartGWT. My experience with SmartGWT
isn't that good, the way the data is managed in the UI is a little bit
weird to me.
I'd recommend to use GXT.
On Feb 3, 11:49 am, Jeff Larsen larse...@gmail.com wrote:
We're currently using GXT on a large project and I'd like to say that
GXT's layout system is alien to GWT, the documentation is
nonexistant,
the appearance is highly inflexible, and the attitude of the support
team sucks (even for customers that pay for support). Consider, for a
moment, that there is nobody at Ext commenting on the GXT-related
threads that show up in this forum. Totally out to lunch.
is 100% accurate to my experience. I don't have the luxury of ripping
it out of my app at work, but I wouldn't use it in personal app if it
were free.
Everything you know about GWT and GWT widgets can basically be thrown
out the window. The event model is entirely different. The widgets
have a ton of properties that are set on construction that you cannot
change. Oh and when you decide on GXT know that you're probably going
to be locked into that version and will not be able to upgrade to any
new versions of the software.
I would recommend not using GXT.
On Feb 3, 2:22 am, Sanjiv Jivan sanjiv.ji...@gmail.com wrote:
Bogdan,
Thanks for the kind words :) Constructive criticism is always welcome as
the
goal is to improve the product. However please do follow up with the
appropriate posts and report enhancements / issues in tracker.
Regarding the Calendar event dialog customization, that appears to be an
enhancement request rather than a bug. I still could not find a user id by
your name however I did find a similar thread :
http://forums.smartclient.com/showthread.php?t=4900
As you can see, the user was advised to
1) either create an enhancement request that other users could vote on or
2) make the enhancement themselves since it is open source and share their
work.
However no such enhancement request was created in tracker. Please email
me
your SmartGWT forum user name so that I can view the other posts / issues
reported by you.
New features are being added to SmartGWT / SmartClient at a really really
fast pace. This should be evident by the release notes of each new
release,
and the commit logs in SVN. For example some 10 significant new features
have already been added since the SmartGWT 2.0 release, and countless
other
minor enhancements as well. So unless users file issues and enhancements,
it
is not going to be easy to track. Moreover even if you do have a feature
request, prioritization will depend on the number of votes it receives
