Since it is very object-oriented and it has a component model framework common to all their components, and an abstracted event system, this is somewhat easier to do, as well as to maintain/upgrade.

Where Sencha may be better is when you want to program your own components, or component extensions, or custom events, etc. DHTMLX is very customizable and allows you to set styles anywhere, etc. Second of all I didn’t say customization. DHTMLX should be more recognized and I think you guys should point out the advantages I listed above.įirst of all I don’t have enough experience with the Touch products - I was talking about the regular suites. In short, DHTMLX seems to have a better and more practical attitude for most cases where you need either individual web components or a straightforward web GUI framework. I even tried to suggest functionality that makes more sense from a development point of view and they argued back with some kind of internal rule that made no sense. And if you need a framework that you want to extend and custom program a lot, then Sencha may be for you.īut I feel that it is over-engineered for most cases, as if doing things ‘correctly’ and making everything adhere to OOP and design patterns got priority over productivity and performance. Sencha/Ext JS has its advantages and they seem to be pushing the boundaries with graphics lately. APIs were simple, common tasks didn’t require many lines of code and a lot of head-scratching to accomplish everything.ĭHTMLX at first lacked some components and functionality to be a complete GUI framework, but now I feel it is more than ready.ĭon’t get me wrong. I found I was more productive with dhtmlx. I started with dhtmlxGrid because the ExtJS Grid was horribly slow, then used more and more dhtmlx components and always found professional, mature, speedy components. I recently decided to switch completely to DHTMLX because I got tired of updating two frameworks and skins, and making them work together, and I liked DHTMLX more. My background: I have been programming with BOTH ExtJS/Sencha and DHTMLX for the past 2 years and I’ve been programming in general for 25 years.

I just wanted to share my experience here also to help you DHTMLX guys and also for other users wondering about this.

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