Introduction to Ext.Direct

May 13

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Evan Trimboli of the Ext-JS team just published an article describing Ext.Direct, a remoting API that is part of Ext 3.0. The team has created a remoting specification that you can use to implement the server-side stack of your choice.

Details about server-specific implementations already being maintained can be found here.

Ext.Direct is a new package in Ext JS 3.0 that helps alleviate many of these issues by streamlining communication between your client and server. When using Ext.Direct, you can expect to write 30% less code by eliminating common boiler plate code.

The Ext.direct namespace introduces several new classes for a close integration with the server-side. New classes have also been added to the Ext.data namespace for working with Ext.data.Stores which are backed by data from an Ext.Direct method.

Ext.Direct uses a provider architecture, where one or more providers are used to transport data to and from the server. There are several providers that exist in the core at the moment, for example a JsonProvider for simple JSON operations and a PollingProvider for repeated requests. One of the most powerful providers is the RemotingProvider.

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Thesis 1.5 is Now Available

Apr 30

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The prolific team at DIY Themes has released the latest version of Thesis, the best theme/framework for WordPress. See what customers are saying about their Thesis experience!

FREE Thesis Template: Strange Little Town

Feb 12

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Strange Little Town

This template is based on a WordPress theme by Minmin. Unfortunately the original theme doesn’t behave uniformly across multiple browsers. Don’t worry, that’s where Thesis comes in.

How Much?

It’s FREE. All I ask is that you leave the attribution link in the footer intact to link back to this site.

If you who already own Thesis, download the template (from SVN or as a zip file) and replace your custom folder with its contents. For more details see the README.txt file part of the distribution.

Don’t Know Enough About Thesis?

Learn all about it here then click “Get Thesis” to buy it today.

Ext-JS to Provide Free CDN Hosting for its Framework

Nov 18

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This is great news for the Ext-JS community. Here is why you should take advantage of a content delivery network.

We are pleased to announce that Ext has partnered with CacheFly, a global content network, to provide free CDN hosting for the Ext JS framework. Cachefly’s globally distributed network and aggressive caching accelerate the delivery of web content like JavaScript and CSS, making for an even faster Ext experience.

The Ext CDN also provides the ability to create your own custom builds using Ext’s Build It! tool, and host them on the CDN. The custom builder implements features to intelligently cache your component selections, adapter, and Ext version to create a unique custom build. These custom builds are cached across sessions and used by anyone who makes the same selections as you have – allowing for caching of custom builds across applications to fully realize the benefits of the CDN.

Intro to jQuery by John Resig

Nov 12

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Here is John Resig’s presentation of jQuery from this year’s The Ajax Experience. Learn how to develop a number of common-case widgets, handle DOM, event, animations and Ajax interactions.

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Ext-JS 3.0 Showcases Visual Designer, Updates Roadmap

Nov 11

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Jack Slocum has posted a screencast of the visual designer tool that will be part of upcoming release of Ext.

The roadmap for version 3, due out in the first quarter of 2009, has also been updated. Here is what we can expect (I am really interested in the ones in bold):

  • All new lightweight, high-speed core base library
  • Flash Charting API
  • Ext.Direct – Remoting and data streaming/comet support
  • Integrated client-server data binding/marshaling of updates
  • ListView component
  • Enhanced Button and Toolbar components
  • ARIA/Section 508 accessibility improvements
  • CSS updates for reset style scoping and easier custom theming
  • Update the Ext event registration model
  • Ext.Ajax enhancements

Build Your First Ext-JS in Under an Hour

Oct 09

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The Visual Ajax User Group is hosting a webinar with Aaron Conran, Sr. Architect Ext-JS on Thursday, October 16th, 2008.

Hands-On Ext is a fast-paced session in which we will build an Ext application in less than an hour. This session demonstrates how to get started using Ext JS and how quickly you can put together a simple application from scratch. Learn how to utilize Ext’s high-level UI widgets like GridPanel, TabPanel and FormPanel instead of re-inventing the wheel.

In this session you learn how to:

  • Create an application from scratch with Ext JS
  • Utilize Ext’s high-level UI widgets, such as GridPanel, TabPanel and FormPanel.

Sign up now.

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