Why Do People Hate Extjs? 42% People Do (78 opinions)

Extjs holds promise but its a STEEP learning curve
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Because Sencha has release version 4.0 before its ready for primetime. They have inadequate samples, API docs, and training. The relationship with Model, Store and components is not well explained. ... read all

by Greg P on 23 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
One of our developers has a bug with IE, ExtJS
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One of our developers has a bug with IE, ExtJS suggested using their beta #fail read all

by Dan P on 14 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Stay away from ExtJS use GWT.
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Not even close to industrial level. Doc is outdated, only basic implementation of functionality. Any step away from demo code is "it does not work this way and it is ... read all

by Slava N on 19 Sep - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
extjs comboboxes fail
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extjs comboboxes are an epic failure. can't believe they are still this messed up in a 3.x version read all

by Damarez R on 29 Jul - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
not a dojo alternative. much prefer dojo. after
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not a dojo alternative. much prefer dojo. after using dojo extensively, and having to use ext-js at work (because it has a commercial support license), I can tell you, having ... read all

by David Z on 23 May - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Retarded licensing and evil practices
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Retarded licensing and evil practices read all

by NoJs on 28 Apr - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
I hate combining ExtJS forms with column layout.
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I hate combining ExtJS forms with column layout. Resizing just refuses to work. And the developers have an annoying attitude. Refusing to fix bugs, blaming the users for a buggy ... read all

by Vladimir-Corneliu N on 14 Mar - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Inconsistent API, for the docs it looks like a
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Inconsistent API, for the docs it looks like a modular UI toolkit, but once you start using it you will see blood, guts and intestines spread all over read all

by Anurag U on 26 Oct - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag
Because of ExtJs I now have to stay away from
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Because of ExtJs I now have to stay away from sharp objects. read all

by User-691pfo on 09 Aug - reply - Helpful? YES NO Thank You! - Flag