[geojquery] Size of the resulting JS stack

[Just van den Broecke]

Yves Moisan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I find the threads in the new GeoJQuery list very stimulating, but 
> please allow this non technical question.  One issue we have with the 
> Ext-based solution is the weight of the libraries (and licence issues 
> too for some people but that's another thread).  GeoExt compressed is 
> IIRC around 60 KB.  Ext 3.0 is 600 KB.  I'm probably forgetting a few MBs.
I have the following stats for the minified libs of ExtJS v3.1.0 
OpenLayers SVN r10095 and GeoExt SVN r1928:

ext-base.js 32K
ext-all.js 636K
OpenLayers.js 844K
GeoExt.js 96K

So a total of around 1.5 MB.
These and some css are required for GeoExt. With OpenLayers and ExtJS 
(http://www.extjs.com/products/extjs/build) one can build custom 
versions that exclude unused classes/code. For example, for a mobile 
site using only WMS, I have built an OpenLayers minified lib of 124K.
I haven't tried yet with ExtJS.

> 
> Would a GeoJquery "UI" stack that would have the equivalent of what 
> GeoExt delivers (or will deliver) be much smaller ?  I don't know much 
> of JQuery.  I know there's JQuery UI, but I also gather there's someting 
> called JQuery Tools that compresses to 5 kB and offers a bunch of UI 
> goodies.  So, what would be the resulting JQuery* stack componentwise 
> and sizewise like ?
Hard to say, as indicated above one can assemble custom builds. A full 
OL takes a fair share.

best,

Just
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Yves
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