On 04 Apr 2008, at 13:25, GregH wrote:
> actually Ext JS looks excellent however it isn't doesn't really align
> the best with Rails/Prototype, but is more of it's own Javascript
> frame. But check out an example of an Ext JS datagrid example here
> ( http://extjs.com/deploy/dev/examples/grid/edit-grid.html ). Looks
> excellent no?
>
> There's no prototype/rails equivalent that has the same level of
> finishing/user experience I suppose? (I've already had a look at
> active scafford & tablekit)
To straighten things out: it does integrate well with prototype (and a
number of other javascript libraries out there like jquery, yui etc).
You load the correct adapter and it will use prototype instead of its
own DOM/ajax library:
<script src="javascripts/extjs/ext-prototype-adapter.js"
type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="javascripts/extjs/ext-all.js" type="text/javascript"
charset="utf-8"></script>
And with the latest prototype, it has actually become quite performant
(the previous prototype version has awful performance with extjs, you
were better off using its own library).
Integration with Rails is perfectly possible and Martin Rehfeld has
stepped up to the plate with his extjs scaffold plugin to provide some
basic rails helpers and mixins. Tighter integration is only possible
if someone else is willing so wrap all of the functionality (or for
example the editable grid feature) into a Rails plugin.
I sometimes get the feeling some people view rails plugins as buying a
pack of chicken breasts in the supermarket: not knowing they came from
a living chicken, that was killed, cut apart and then packed and
transported to the supermarket. A plugin is something someone (most of
the times) extracted from a live project, cleaned up, invested some
expensive time in to make more generally usable and well tested and
then made available as a courtesy to the community.
Best regards
Peter De Berdt
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