Ext - Ext JS Road Map

Ext JS Road Map

Our goals for 2009-2010 are to continue improving the 3.x version line by adding new components and enhancing some of the existing areas of functionality in Ext as shown below. Looking ahead to 3.1, there are some big new areas that we'll be getting into. In addition to some often requested features (Comet, Additional Grid Enhancements) our major area of focus will be expanding our sophisticated server integration for Ext components. In addition to plugins and examples tying into existing server frameworks, we'll also be solidifying our own integrated transport mechanism that will allow binding and marshaling of data transparently between Ext components and your back end of choice.

Note that the list below is subject to change, and is not meant to outline every specific feature we have planned. It is intended to provide a high-level map of where Ext is headed over the next 12 months or so. There will be additional maintenance releases as needed as well.

Ext JS 4.0

HTML 5 Offline Support
HTML 5 WebSockets Support
Relational Functionality on Stores
Canvas Support
Store Based Component Rendering

Ext JS 3.3 (Early June 2010)

Week View
Day View
Month Views
Photo App Example
Pivot Table Like Functionality

Ext JS 3.2 (Early March 2010)

Switch Button
Slider Field
Row Header Example
Performance Improvements
High Contrast Theme
Data View Filter Example
Multiple Filters on Stores

Ext JS 3.1 (Released December 14th, 2009)

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Additional ARIA/Section 508 accessibility improvements
Addtional memory improvements
Grid View with Column Locking Example
Column Header Grouping
Tree Grid
Body Templates for Components

Ext JS 3.0 (Released July 6th, 2009)

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All new lightweight, high-speed core base library
Flash Charting API
Ext.Direct - Remoting and data streaming/comet support
Integrated client-server data binding/marshaling of updates
ListView component
Enhanced Button and Toolbar components
ARIA/Section 508 accessibility improvements
CSS updates for reset style scoping and easier custom theming
Update the Ext event registration model
Ext.Ajax enhancements
Browser history support (released in 2.2)

Ext JS 2.2 (Released August 4, 2008)

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Styled Checkbox and Radio button controls
CheckBox/Radio group controls
Browser history support
XML TreeLoader sample
FileUpload field sample
MultiSelect and ItemSelector sample
Firefox 3.0 support
Slider (already released in 2.1)
Ext.Ajax enhancements (deferred to 3.0)
Support for reset styles scoped to Ext components only (deferred to 3.0 to coincide with additional CSS refactoring to enable easier custom theming)