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

[Kay Strobach]

Hi Benjamin,

my goal is not to drop ExtJS, but to make TYPO3 slimmer and faster
(either with pure ExtJS), but with less JS!

So migrating to jQuery is a hard Job:

http://www.lukemelia.com/blog/archives/2008/05/18/5-tips-for-porting-javascript-from-prototype-to-jquery/

http://andykdocs.de/andykdocs/document/Migrating-from-the-Prototype-JavaScript-Framework-to-jQuery

http://pathfindersoftware.com/2008/12/pimp-my-jquery-five-plugins-to-replace-the-features-prototype-and-scriptaculous-users-expect/

But may result in a very good solution.

Having vidi in the Backend would make some transitions less harmfull
(see my last statement)

Regards
Kay

Am 11.01.2012 23:28, schrieb Benjamin Mack:
> Hey Kay,
> 
> I don't think it's about "Dropping ExtJS Support" completely but more
> about not relying on ExtJS4 for *everything* we have in the core that
> sounds like JS. so we should look for suitable alternatives in the JS
> world for our needs. For me, it's clear that I don't want to write
> typical JS code with ExtJS/ExtCore *nor* with prototype, so I'd like to
> 
>  * include jQuery with a stable TYPO3 Extension API for our needs (like
> hooks, only in JS, and thought about different versions and
> compatibilities now)
> 
>  * drop prototype support by moving this code to jQuery
> 
>  * use ExtJS 3 only to the parts that are best done with ExtJS --
> pagetree, powerful grids, widgets (whatever else). And don't use ExtJS
> for everything above.
> 
>  * Switch the ExtJS3 components to ExtJS 4 or 5 when we have a Core
> group for this, everything existing is ready for that and we have proper
> documentation for using ExtJS in the backend.
> 
> I know a few projects that took a similar route: ExtJS for widgets,
> jQuery for the overall handling of events, small issues that we need. I
> think Aloha did that too.
> 
> All the best,
> Benni.


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