[Users] GeoExt 1.0?

[Matt Priour]

I have to completely agree with Christopher.
My understanding of GeoExt's purpose was to be javascript framework that 
provides a bridge between OpenLayers & ExtJS.
GeoExt was supposed to focus on the client-side and be server-side neutral.
I thought MapFish was the packaged web app that was supposed to take the 
client side (OL, ExtJS, & GeoExt) and server-side (java, python, ruby) to 
create a web based GIS or complex mapping application.

I think the recent focus on editing & printing really beyond the scope of 
pure client-side components unless they are done in a way that is truly 
server neutral.

Matt Priour
Kestrel Computer Consulting

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From: "Christopher Schmidt" <crschmidt at crschmidt.net>
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:07 PM
To: "Yves Moisan" <yves.moisan at boreal-is.com>
Cc: "GeoExt Users" <users at geoext.org>
Subject: Re: [Users] GeoExt 1.0?

> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:02:53PM -0500, Yves Moisan wrote:
>> > What's on people's minds for the minimum component list that we need
>> > before we call things '1.0'?
>> >
>> > The list in my mind (past what's already in core, which I think gets us
>> > much of the way there) is something like:
>> >
>> > * Styling
>> > * Editing tools (with WFS-T and backed to other persistence formats)
>>
>> Editing tools need to allow at least snapping IMO.  Otherwise they won't
>> be used for "real" GIS/drawing work.  A personal wish I have is to be
>> able to position a point or a vertex at specific coordinates, but I
>> understand that may not be a requirement for a 1.0.  Snapping is though
>> IMO.
>
> Perhaps I'm confused about what GeoExt was. I thought it was a framework
> to create attractive mapping applications more simply... not a replacement
> for any particular tool (ArcView, ArcMap, or otherwise).
>
> In that case, in my opinion, both of these things are not requirements
> for a '1.0' release; GeoExt, as it is, makes it easier to create
> user-friendly mapping applications. Tools like editing, styling, etc. are
> not neccesarily part of a 1.0 release.
>
> (From an OpenLayers Comparison: 1.0 had no support for Vector layers, 
> which
> you all know. It also had no support for any imagery layer type other than
> WMS, which many might consider a core part of the library.)
>
> The mission statement is:
> "GeoExt brings together the geospatial know how of OpenLayers with the 
> user
> interface savvy of Ext JS to help you build powerful desktop style GIS 
> apps on
> the web with JavaScript."
>
> So perhaps my opinion is just overly narrow, but it seems to me like you
> can build a powerful, desktop-style GIS app on the web using GeoExt.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Christopher Schmidt
> Web Developer
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