June 15, 2010

ExtJS is now Sencha!

The post's heading speaks it all. Yes, Ext JS a javascript UI library has combined forces with jQTouch and Raphael projects. The company's name is being changed to Sencha which is a popular Japanese green tea. It is interesting to see jQtouch and Raphael which are two leading open source projects getting combined.

As a developer using Ext JS, I am very excited to see this merging. I would like to see Ext JS making use of Raphael's graphics capabilities. At the same this, it will be very interesting to see how a jQuery backed mobile web development library is going to fit it. Will they rewrite the library using Ext JS core? Another interesting point is that both Raphael and jQtouch uses MIT license. The company also managed to get hold of Jonathan Stark to maintain jQtouch.

What I would like to see is a better visualization API (charting tools) based on Raphael rather than the YUI charts. It will be also interesting to see how these projects collaborate and how their outcome affects the developer community.

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2 comments :

Sachin Joshi said...

Clicking labels hiding pie chart.


I am having having Pie chart with 3 colors. Red, Green and Yellow. Small rectangles with same colors are also present as labels. As per default Sencha Pie chart functionality, if a particular label is clicked that color (pie chart block) gets hidden. I dont want this. the label should be non clickable. Below is the link.: http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/ext-4.0.2a/examples/charts/Pie.html If we click on January, January from Pie chart vanishes. I want to disable this. Please help.

Sachin Joshi said...

I am having having Pie chart with 3 colors. Red, Green and Yellow. Small rectangles with same colors are also present as labels. As per default Sencha Pie chart functionality, if a particular label is clicked that color (pie chart block) gets hidden. I dont want this. the label should be non clickable. Below is the link.: http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/ext-4.0.2a/examples/charts/Pie.html If we click on January, January from Pie chart vanishes. I want to disable this. Please help.