Hey Brad,

if you do standalone OL & Ext you definitely have to code more yourself. GeoExt 
is the glue in between.

E.g. if you want a drop down of column names, GeoExt will provide you the 
building blocks (an AttributeStore).

Best regards,
Bart

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On Jul 3, 2013, at 4:49 AM, Brad King <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all, I'm trying to get my head around what GeoExt is, compared to the 
> standalone OpenLayers and ExtJS offerings. I've only ever coded with the 
> Sencha GWT components and OpenLayers GWT as well so *real* JavaScript is 
> pretty new to me. Can someone please explain what GeoExt can do that makes it 
> easier ? better ? building map clients ?
> 
> My task is to create mainly maps with WFS map layers, with ogc filters 
> dynamically created from a form for multiple layers. I need to be able to use 
> custom ogc filter functions we are writing in GeoServer as well. I'd like to 
> have dropdowns with layer names, field names, operators, spatial functions, 
> etc. Sort of like the filter dialog in the OpenJump WFS plug-in if you have 
> seen that, but more integrated and polished.
> 
> Thanks, and is there a searchable archive for this list somewhere ? I didn't 
> see anything on Nabble.
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