Kevin Hoyt

Jack and Brian over at Ext have been hard at work. They just put to bed Ext 1.2 and if that wasn’t enough, they’ve made good progress on Ext 2.0. While mainlining Red Bull, they’ve even opened up an Ext blog, and the first entry shows off Ext 2.0 support for Adobe AIR! Specifically there’s an Ext.air.MainWindow that puts Ext chrome on your AIR application, and an Ext.data.SqlDB which seamlessly integrates with SQLite regardless of AIR or Google Gears.

Jack does a great job of putting all the pieces together, and then sums it up with an amazing new task manager application. The application works in the browser against Google Gears, and on the desktop with the help of Adobe AIR. The only change is a single line of code for the adapter. I think the chrome looks great on the desktop, and the transparency in the title bar really shows off AIR’s native window support.

Notice the subtle nod to the new feature of the Ext 2.0 GridView to be able to provide sorting and grouping. Ext is an amazing framework with features that are even now just appearing in Flex. If you’re not already a subscriber, I’d encourage you to look into it! The support you’ll get is unreal, and the early access to Ext 2.0 bits will take your AIR development to another level.

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