ExtJS GuiDesigner / GuiBuilder

[mjhaston]

Just wondering if you guys start off any of your screens with GuiDesigner or GuiBuilder from the ExtJS site?

[richard.milone]

Hi mjhaston, I moved this question to a new thread because it's really a different animal than the DDS Converter question.

I've messed around a bit with both of those designers but they're really not stable and/or inclusive in functionality enough to be a real time saver in my opinion. I've found it simpler to just copy existing code from another program and modify to meet the needed specification. Both designers are not created by Ext but are third party add-ons developed by the user community so are not officially supported. With that said, they are pretty cool to check out and if you find them useful you can certainly use them with Valence. I'm sure at some point Ext or a third party will come out with a fully-realized commercial GUI editor for ExtJS and at that point we would be very likely to include it with Valence or at least offer official support.

[richard.milone]

See this blog post for my recent comments about the upcoming GUI designer:
http://www.cnxforum.com/blog.php?b=2