ExtJS in Sun xVM Server UI?? Cool!

[nassaja-rus]

Look at screenshots!

http://xvmserver.org/xvmsui.html

[Frank]

I think it's true.

[Frank]

oh~Not at all! Just a piece of codes, it combos dojo & Ext, ..and skin...

dojo.provide("xvm.wizard.ExtDialog");
dojo.require("xvm.wizard.BasicWizard");
dojo.require("dojox.string.Builder");

dojo.declare("xvm.wizard.ExtDialog", xvm.wizard.BasicWizard, {
wizardPanes: [],
wizardTitle: "UNDEFINED",
wizardSubmit: function() { },
scope: this,
finishButtonText: "Finish",
pageIndex: 0,

postCreate: function() {
var sidebarHTML = new dojox.string.Builder("<ul>");
dojo.forEach(this.wizardPanes, function(pane) {
sidebarHTML.append("<li>").append(pane.items[0].title).append("</li>");
});
sidebarHTML.append("</ul>");

var isMultiPage = this.wizardPanes.length > 1;

this.wizard = new Ext.Window({
layout: "border",
width: isMultiPage ? 600 : 400,
height: 320,
closeAction: 'hide',
plain: true,
modal: true,
border: false,
..........

[Frank]

Seems that it's using our Ext heavily and can not be without dojo's OO:
dojo.declare("xvm.node.NodeLibrary", xvm.CompositeTab, {
.....
createNodeLibraries: function() {
Ext.QuickTips.init();

var vpoolId = scn.nodeDetail.objectName;
/** An Ext.data.JsonReader object that uses Ext.data.Record
@variable {private Ext.JsonReader} reader1 */
var reader1 = new Ext.data.JsonReader({}, Ext.data.Record.create([
{name: 'userFriendlyName'},
{name: 'endpointURL'},
{name: 'size'},
{name: 'objectName'}
]));

[itlogo]

Yup, it's true, we're using Dojo and ExtJS (among others). Dojo provides the modularity to let all of the developers work on independent pieces of the application and packages everything into a bundled file for download during production builds (hence the dojo.require statements) without much work on our part. It also allows some declarative programming via dijit templates to create some Ext components via custom adapters, though it's not widely used.

For the most part, we're using Ext to render the visible screen components such as the widgets and containers. The rendering lifecycle is also tied into Dojo's so that Ext has a valid HTML component to which to draw.

Finally, we'll be releasing the Ops Center version of the product towards the end of this year and it's built completely on the existing code that you see out on xvmserver.org.

[jgarcia@tdg-i.com]

That's awesome dude!