I noticed the same problem when I looked into the online jQuery docs. Why not take a few widgets that are done in jExt and do them in jQuery, you might benefit from learning both libraries?
cheers. -chris On Mar 31, 9:22 am, Sanjiv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a student applicant for this year's GSoC and I have submitted > a proposal for building a library of ToscaWidgets using jQuery and > OpenLayers. My proposal is > athttp://docs.turbogears.org/GSoC/StudentProposals2008#project-toscawid... > > Further to discussions on these > threadshttp://groups.google.co.in/group/turbogears-trunk/browse_thread/threa...http://groups.google.co.in/group/turbogears-trunk/browse_thread/threa... > > I would like to open this thread on the issue of selecting the > single best or 2/3 best javascript toolkit(s) for TwTools. Apart from > OpenLayers which is one of the fastest developing client-side web GIS > toolkit, supported by the OSGeo (http://www.osgeo.org/openlayers) I > proposed to develop the widgets using jQuery. The main reasons for > that are: > > (a) I felt the core of jQuery is very strong. It supports amazing > capabilities using very clean and compact syntax. > > (b) It offers a rich set of fundamental features for Selection and > DOM Manipulation. > > (c) It is very well documented. I found three published books on > jQuery. > > (d) It allows other tool kits to build on top of it. For example, I > heard EtxJS widgets can use jQuery core libraries. This only speaks of > the clean api design of jQuery. > > (e) Given the set of features it offers, it is very light weight. > And that matters for a webapp. > > However, I found less no of readymade widgets available for jQuery. > ExtJS seems to have a comprehensive set of well polished widgets which > can get anyone readily started. But I also heard that it tends to > takeover the layout of the page. > > These thoughts are a result of my limited research and very little > experience in the field of Javascript. So thoughts, ideas, > suggestions, flames are welcome. > > Sanjiv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears Trunk" 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/turbogears-trunk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
