[Users] quickstart example on geoext.org needs update

[Alex Dean]

Hello again.

1. The sencha.com website doesn't make it easy or obvious how to download ext-3.2.1.zip.  I followed the link on http://www.geoext.org/tutorials/quickstart.html, to http://www.sencha.com/products/js/download.php.  There are 'download' links for either the GPL or commercial versions, but both are for ext-3.3.1.zip.  There's a link to download ext-2.3.0.zip, and by hacking the URL a bit I figured out you can get 3.2.1 by loading http://www.sencha.com/products/js/thank-you.php?dl=extjs321.  Perhaps the GeoExt tutorial could link directly to this URL?  Just following the link to the normal Sencha downloads page doesn't make it at all clear how you can get old versions.

2. When I unzip ext-3.2.1.zip, I still find ext-3.2.1/resources/css/ext-all.css, not ext-3.2.1/resources/ext-all.css as referenced by http://www.geoext.org/tutorials/quickstart.html#basic-example.  So I think that part of the tutorial does indeed require a change.

Are there plans to officially support ext-3.3.1?  Getting a copy of 3.2.1 was quite a hassle, so if there are compatibility problems this will be a barrier for people like myself who are just trying out GeoExt.  http://www.sencha.com/blog/2010/10/11/ext-js-3-3-final-released/ says "Ext JS 3.3 is a drop-in replacement for Ext JS 3.2 — most applications won’t require any changes."  Of course I understand you can just accept that assertion at face value, but I am wondering if anyone has looked into supporting ext-3.3.1, or communicated with Sencha about making old versions more easily available.

thanks,
alex


On Jan 21, 2011, at 10:31 AM, Alex Dean wrote:

> Understood.  Thank you.  I'll get ext-3.2.1 and continue from there.
> 
> alex
> 
> On Jan 21, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Andreas Hocevar wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> the reason why we use 3.2.1 in the examples is because GeoExt 1.0 was tested with Ext JS 3.2.1 (see http://trac.geoext.org/wiki/Release/1.0/Notes)
>> 
>> On the page you linked, also note that "Getting GeoExt" lit. 3 says "Download ExtJS 3.2 from the ExtJS website", and lit. 4 says "I will assume that this is the root of your web server, so that GeoExt.js is at http://localhost/GeoExt/lib/GeoExt.js and ext-all.js is at http://localhost/ext-3.2.1/ext-all.js"
>> 
>> So if you use something different than assumed here, you have to make the appropriate adjustments in your code as well.
>> 
>> Let us know if this still does not make sense.
>> 
>> Andreas.
>> 
>> On Jan 21, 2011, at 16:50 , Alex Dean wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi.  I've just been trying out http://www.geoext.org/tutorials/quickstart.html
>>> 
>>> Step 1 in the 'Basic Example' includes:
>>> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ext-3.2.1/resources/ext-all.css"></link>
>>> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="GeoExt/resources/geoext-all-debug.css"></link>
>>> 
>>> I have ext-3.3.1 and GeoExt-1.0.  The correct paths are actually
>>> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ext-3.3.1/resources/css/ext-all.css"></link>
>>> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="GeoExt/resources/css/geoext-all-debug.css"></link>
>>> 
>>> Granted, it's a minor change and not that hard to figure out, but for someone just getting going these little things add frustration.  If this website is version-controlled, I'd be happy to submit a patch to fix this.
>>> 
>>> best,
>>> alex
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>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Andreas Hocevar
>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/
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>> 
>> 
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