[fusion-dev] GeoExt

[Paul Spencer]

By way of doing some comparisons, I just built a minimal version of  
Ext using the builder and included things that I thought Jx+MooTools  
provides, the condensed file size is 392 kb (a full build is 564kb)  
while the jxlib build including a full MooTools + Extras (of which we  
don't use everything) is 184kb.  I think I produced a very minimal  
build of MooTools such that the combined jxlib and MooTools was about  
128 kb condensed, but the saving seemed minimal compared to not having  
some of the MooTools stuff available for app development.

This being said, Ext probably has more functionality than jxlib has in  
that build, but then I think MooTools has more functionality than Ext  
has in that build too.

Not sure why I am rambling on about this ... size doesn't matter, right?

:)

Paul

On 11-Dec-08, at 8:49 PM, Paul Spencer wrote:

> I was just going to say the same thing then I saw this email :)  It  
> will be interesting to see how it evolves, it provides a very nice  
> look and feel for a quick mapping application that doesn't need any  
> server-side dependencies.
>
> Personally, I find Ext quite heavy compared to Jx + MooTools but I  
> haven't enough knowledge of it to state a strong opinion.  I get the  
> impression that it is not that easy to customize the look and feel  
> either, but I could be wrong - and it looks pretty sweet to start  
> with ...
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>
> On 11-Dec-08, at 7:47 PM, Jason Birch wrote:
>
>> GeoExt is similar to Jx + the OL client portion of Fusion, GeoMoose,
>> etc.  MapFish is a closer analogue to Fusion.
>>
>> I was about to say that because it is based on Ext it would have to  
>> be
>> GPLv3, but then found that ExtJS has exemptions in place for open  
>> source
>> libraries and applications that encapsulate it.  Didn't see that last
>> time I looked.
>>
>> This is pretty cool:
>>
>> http://extjs.com/products/extjs/build/
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Zac Spitzer
>> Subject: [fusion-dev] GeoExt
>>
>> Just saw this post on planet osgeo,
>> http://mapfishblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/geoext-but-why.html
>>
>> Seems rather like Fusion, hmmm
>>
>> thoughts?
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