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It is interesting that ExtJs is so much searched for than any other of the most popular frameworks. Specially since you don't hear much about ExtJs lately. Angu

It is interesting that ExtJs is so much searched for than any other of the most popular frameworks. Specially since you don't hear much about ExtJs lately. AngulaJs though is getting close.

schabernakk 14y ago
i was wondering about the same thing. perhaps the result is a bit skewed because of people searching for the meaning if the fileextension js? On the other hand, it started to rise in 2007 when ext.js 2.0 was released.
- aespinoza 14y ago
  I think, from reading the chart, that ExtJs is pretty well stablished but loosing steam, and the new frameworks picking up steam, specially AngularJS. Now these trends focus on a world wide searches. If you look closely at the detail, the number of search for extJs in China, pretty much take the 90% of the searches. And in the U.S. extJs has practically no prescence. If you look at the detail for AngularJS, most of the searches are in California, New York and India. So it is really not the best trend analysis, but it does put the power of China into perspective.
harel 14y ago
I hear a lot about ExtJs actually. I've been using their framework for complex Javascript systems for a while now and it keeps getting better and better. I can see they invest a lot of resources in it. Its not popular with the 'gimme it for free' crowd though. I agree its not for everyone though its a commercial project (albeit free with GPL licence for open source projects), but then again you do get what you pay for here - nothing else that I've seen so far (and I've seen a lot) even comes close in terms of polish. Another common extjs deterrent is that its a complete framework with all batteries included, and requires an investment in a new mindset as far as how to develop single page browser apps. I found it more similar to Java Swing apps or other Desktop tool kits than any other JavaScript framework.
- aespinoza 14y ago
  Yes, I agree. I use extjs for our product (iKnode), but lately we have been moving towards AngularJs. But I agree, extjs needs a considerable amount of investment in time and mindshare, because of the way it is built. I actually like it very much. Hey I built my product based on it. But lately I have seen extjs as old, and in need of love. AngularJs for example is easily lovable and easy to learn.
  - as_if 14y ago
    I felt that ExtJS4s MVC concept was easier to grasp than Angular. But I had to replace parts of it with DeftJS to get it to do what I wanted.
Joeri 14y ago
Having programmed with extjs for 5 years my experience is that it is extremely popular in the corporate space, but never caught on in the open source space due to licensing. There are still many more corporate developers than open source developers, but they are far less vocal.
- as_if 14y ago
  I heared they switched from LGPL to GPL suddently, which filled the devs with fear, I guess :\ But yes, I use it for corporate software, since my company pays the license. Also it's strong in the table and charting parts, which are the butter and bread of many corporate devs.
eranation 14y ago
Note that they renamed the company from ExtJS to Sencha so some may be using that term instead (though adding Sencha doesn't make a huge difference: http://goo.gl/XXlnp http://goo.gl/XXlnp) But I guess it also includes people looking for the Japanese green tea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sencha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sencha
- aespinoza 14y ago
  Sencha has so many products, that if you are working with ExtJs, you tend to search using "extjs" instead of sencha. So the keyword still applies. Search for sencha might be mixed with other frameworks they have.
camus 14y ago
Extjs is extremely popular. It's a pain to debug and to learn , but it's kind of the most "enterprise" js framework out there. It's is "full stack" (as much as client side can be) and comes with it's own IDE ,etc ... People coming from java-x-entreprise solution and Flex are using quite a lot. Next to Extjs there is AngularJS , well known for it's dependency injection features and it's directives , and after that there is of couse Backbone. But most of front-end devs dont use frameworks at all , it might not make sense for every project.
smrtinsert 14y ago
I would argue all its momentum is from its initial beginnings as a truly open project. Notice it quickly loses that steam once the license changes start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext_JS#License_history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext_JS#License_history

It is interesting that ExtJs is so much searched for than any other of the most popular frameworks. Specially since you don't hear much about ExtJs lately. AngulaJs though is getting close.

schabernakk 14y ago

i was wondering about the same thing. perhaps the result is a bit skewed because of people searching for the meaning if the fileextension js? On the other hand, it started to rise in 2007 when ext.js 2.0 was released.

aespinoza 14y ago
I think, from reading the chart, that ExtJs is pretty well stablished but loosing steam, and the new frameworks picking up steam, specially AngularJS. Now these trends focus on a world wide searches. If you look closely at the detail, the number of search for extJs in China, pretty much take the 90% of the searches. And in the U.S. extJs has practically no prescence. If you look at the detail for AngularJS, most of the searches are in California, New York and India. So it is really not the best trend analysis, but it does put the power of China into perspective.

harel 14y ago

I hear a lot about ExtJs actually. I've been using their framework for complex Javascript systems for a while now and it keeps getting better and better. I can see they invest a lot of resources in it. Its not popular with the 'gimme it for free' crowd though. I agree its not for everyone though its a commercial project (albeit free with GPL licence for open source projects), but then again you do get what you pay for here - nothing else that I've seen so far (and I've seen a lot) even comes close in terms of polish. Another common extjs deterrent is that its a complete framework with all batteries included, and requires an investment in a new mindset as far as how to develop single page browser apps. I found it more similar to Java Swing apps or other Desktop tool kits than any other JavaScript framework.

aespinoza 14y ago
Yes, I agree. I use extjs for our product (iKnode), but lately we have been moving towards AngularJs. But I agree, extjs needs a considerable amount of investment in time and mindshare, because of the way it is built. I actually like it very much. Hey I built my product based on it. But lately I have seen extjs as old, and in need of love. AngularJs for example is easily lovable and easy to learn.
- as_if 14y ago
  I felt that ExtJS4s MVC concept was easier to grasp than Angular. But I had to replace parts of it with DeftJS to get it to do what I wanted.

Joeri 14y ago

Having programmed with extjs for 5 years my experience is that it is extremely popular in the corporate space, but never caught on in the open source space due to licensing. There are still many more corporate developers than open source developers, but they are far less vocal.

as_if 14y ago
I heared they switched from LGPL to GPL suddently, which filled the devs with fear, I guess :\ But yes, I use it for corporate software, since my company pays the license. Also it's strong in the table and charting parts, which are the butter and bread of many corporate devs.

eranation 14y ago

Note that they renamed the company from ExtJS to Sencha so some may be using that term instead (though adding Sencha doesn't make a huge difference: http://goo.gl/XXlnp http://goo.gl/XXlnp) But I guess it also includes people looking for the Japanese green tea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sencha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sencha

aespinoza 14y ago
Sencha has so many products, that if you are working with ExtJs, you tend to search using "extjs" instead of sencha. So the keyword still applies. Search for sencha might be mixed with other frameworks they have.

camus 14y ago

Extjs is extremely popular. It's a pain to debug and to learn , but it's kind of the most "enterprise" js framework out there. It's is "full stack" (as much as client side can be) and comes with it's own IDE ,etc ... People coming from java-x-entreprise solution and Flex are using quite a lot. Next to Extjs there is AngularJS , well known for it's dependency injection features and it's directives , and after that there is of couse Backbone. But most of front-end devs dont use frameworks at all , it might not make sense for every project.

smrtinsert 14y ago

I would argue all its momentum is from its initial beginnings as a truly open project. Notice it quickly loses that steam once the license changes start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext_JS#License_history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext_JS#License_history