ExtJS or SmartClient?

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Adrian picture Adrian · Oct 31, 2010 · Viewed 7.6k times · Source

I would like your opinion about these two frameworks. I like a lot the features of ExtJS, but recently I saw SmartClient and it seems to be great too, and free (its Client side features) for commercial projects. I tried a little of SmartClient and it seems to be easier than ExtJS, and it has a better documentation tnan ExtJS.

BUT.. I didn't work with any of these frameworks and maybe I'm wrong. That's why I would like the opinion of people who has worked with them.

And BTW.. how does the license of ExtJS work? you've to but one license for each developer and then you're able to develop and sell every app you want or you have to buy a license for each app you sell?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Answer

Brian Moeskau picture Brian Moeskau · Nov 1, 2010

This has been pretty well covered on SO. Specifically here and here.

Ext JS is licensed per developer not per app.

I'm an Ext JS developer so I'm partial to Ext, but I have no opinion of SmartClient good or bad. If licensing is the most important criterion SmartClient might be better for you. If you want to weight the technical merits see the links above, or even better evaluate them both based on your own needs.

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