[TYPO3-v4] The future of ExtJS 4 in TYPO3 4.7

[Kay Strobach]

Hey guys,

just some thoughts after another hour.

Just to declare: I wrote a couple of extensions relying on ExtJS 3.

There some reasons for dropping ExtJS Support (long term):
 - Making smooth transition to Phoenix possible
 - Breaking Changes with every release
 - Time


Otherwise there are other reasons for taking advantage of ExtJS (3 or 4)
 - Governmental Projects like BLE, rely on Extjs (3 or 4)
 - Many Extensions rely on ExtJS (mostly 3)
 - As far as i understand Vidi it can be a rock solid basement for many
   modules:
     - everything what is list based
     - scheduler task management
     - listmodule
     - files / media
     - trash
 - projects like the dashboard rely on extjs 4

For the iframes i can think of a solution like this:

 - Change API of pagerenderer and add a hook which works as following:

  t3lib_pagerender::loadJSlib($libKey)

  then the function just checks if there is a registered object for
  that library and execute it to add the appropriate libs, this way we
  could use extjs 3 in frames and 4 in the top frame!
  (no words about speed ;)


Anyway we should take advantage of the mentioned Sencha support and tell
them where the Problems are!
I doubt the would notice if there would be a press notice like:

 - TYPO3 is dropping ExtJS Support, because of unstable API's

Regards
Kay


Am 11.01.2012 17:46, schrieb Olivier Dobberkau:
> Am 11.01.12 16:47, schrieb Oliver Hader:
> 
>> a) postpone the final 4.7 release a lot and hope things will get better
>>    - forward port all components to ExtJS 4
>>    - introduce a great backward compatibility layer for
>>      ExtJS 3 extensions
>>    - create documentation on how to use ExtJS 3 and ExtJS 4
>>      side by side
>>
>> b) revert the ExtJS 4 changes in the Git master branch of the TYPO3 Core
>>    - get back a stable TYPO3 4.7 with working Workspaces,
>>      Form Wizard and Recycler
>>    - accept the "collateral" fact that the work on ExtJS 4
>>      migration is lost, which means to disappoint developers
>>      who invested a lot of time in what already has been achvieved
>>    - find (better) alternatives for the mentioned "media" and
>>      "vidi" components
>>    - find alternatives to ExtJS in general in the long-term view -
>>      however, ExtJS is good for widgets, but not as a one-fits-all
>>      JavaScript solution
> 
> Hi Olli and others,
> 
> 
> c) Ask Sencha if they can donate support for us.
> 
> We had quite a good connection to them in the past and they should
> advise us and know before we drop ExtJS at all. (We did that with V5 in
> Summer and jumped the Sproutcore Bandwaggon. See the Status of
> Sproutcore & Ember.js: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SproutCore )
> 
> Let me know if you need a contact at Sencha.
> 
> Olivier


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