[jQuery] What is the status on the Ext port?

2007-03-05 Thread Daemach
I, like probably everyone else on this list, is anxiously awaiting the port of EXT to jQuery. Is there a timeline for this? I am about ready to rebuild one of my clients sites and would very much like to use the ext components as a base. -- View this message in context:

Re: [jQuery] What is the status on the Ext port?

2007-03-05 Thread John Resig
Ext 1.0 Alpha 2 is already running on jQuery: http://www.yui-ext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3084 We're working to make some improvements to jQuery to better handle the demanding animations that Ext requires. But yeah, you can begin using it now! We were waiting for Jack to make an official

Re: [jQuery] What is the status on the Ext port?

2007-03-05 Thread Daemach
That rules - thanks John ;) It would be most helpful if there was some location, either in this list or on the main site, that listed timelines for all of these major releases - 1.1.3, ext, form validation, etc. so we could plan better. The rewrite I'm doing is a 6-9 month project and knowing

Re: [jQuery] What is the status on the Ext port?

2007-03-05 Thread Daemach
I'm having trouble finding some examples on how this library works - in the documentation he has function/object references and demos but no examples/tutorials. I hate to be the one that asks this, but can you point us to a few get-started quickly areas? I learned jQuery in about a week with

Re: [jQuery] What is the status on the Ext port?

2007-03-05 Thread Glen Lipka
Daemach*,* Me too. The EXT project is very much in Technical Preview mode. They made it clear to me, after some squeaky wheeling on my part, that they *are* in progress building out documentation, tutorials, etc. They asked that I(We) be patient. Nothing is there now, but they said alot will

Re: [jQuery] What is the status on the Ext port?

2007-03-05 Thread Daemach
Last question - it looks like the ext port is just using jQuery for the mechanics of ext itself. Are there plans to port the ext functions to jQuery syntax? John Resig wrote: Ext 1.0 Alpha 2 is already running on jQuery: http://www.yui-ext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3084 We're working

Re: [jQuery] What is the status on the Ext port?

2007-03-05 Thread Brian Miller
Given that it would be Jack's call, I'd say no. Ext has a very Java-like OO design. It would be hard work to squeeze what he's doing into jQuery calling conventions. That doesn't rule out Jack surprising us and doing all that work anyway. But, that's not where I'd put my money if I were a