I really love Ext but coding in javascript just gives me the chills. So I went out and found a way to use my favorite js library (Ext) and my favorite programming language (C#) at the same time. By using a project called Script# I am able to write C# code and have it converted into javascript, similar to GWT. Building on that, Script# also allows you to code against external APIs, but you need to create the types, methods, properties, etc. for everything in the javascript library. So what I did was write a little console app that parses all of the ExtJS source files extracting out the script comments and writing C# files for each class. The end result is a programmable C# API to access all of the Ext objects and I threw in a couple new things to make life a little easier.
This forum post has somewhat of a history of how this project began: http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12901
UPDATE 4/22/08
We have changed Ext# to now parse the newly released ExtJS 2.1 and we've begun recreating some of the samples using Ext#. The following Samples have been completed:
- Grids
- Basic Array Grid
- Editable Grid
- XML Grid
- Paging Grid
- Grouping Grid
- Toolbars and Menus
- Basic Toolbar
- Ext Actions
- Miscellaneous
- Data View (partial)
- Progress Bar
- Templates
- Panels
- Resizable
Intellisense
Method Signatures with param info
Method Overloads for varying params
Compile-time error checking
Events list with usage info
Delegates for all events
Intellisense for config options