[OpenLayers-Users] GUI frameworks

[Paul Spencer]

Hi Bart,

we created our own UI library a while ago because, at that time,  
there was nothing that suited our needs.

I was introduced to extjs last Friday, just before the conference,  
and haven't had a chance to look closely at it.  I would be willing  
to give it a try in Fusion if it meets my needs.  It is, however,  
quite a bit larger than Jx (ours).

I am not very familiar with Dojo, when I last looked at it I was not  
particularly keen on it for reasons I can no longer remember.

Jx is based on Prototype but I am considering doing what OpenLayers  
did with Prototype, which is sucking out the small part that I am  
actually using - the same part OpenLayers pulled out more or less :)

We've licensed Jx under an MIT license but not really done much with  
it beyond what we need ourselves.

Cheers

Paul

On 1-Oct-07, at 8:01 AM, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I just read on Sean Gillies' blog that Cartoweb 4 has chosen Dojo  
> to build
> applications around OpenLayers.
>
> I am also in the phase of choosing a GUI js framework, and for me  
> it seems
> Ext JS is the best choice (http://www.extjs.com), but then again it  
> seems a
> shame to be working on several frameworks once again ....
>
> Can anybody (from the Cartoweb team) elaborate on the choice for Dojo?
>
> Or can other people share their experiences with similar  
> frameworks? I saw
> for instance that DMSG's Fusion has written their own UI library,  
> what are
> the reasons behind that?
>
> Thanks in advance. Hope to get some lively discussion on this subject.
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> --
> Bart van den Eijnden
> OSGIS, Open Source GIS
> http://www.osgis.nl
>
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