GeoExt 2 Day 2

Day 1 was about getting organized, getting up to speed with Ext JS 4, and starting some work based on what the Terrestris guys did in a previous code sprint. We also started designing the data components, with an initial focus on the Layer Store.

Today we've been essentially consolidating things, focusing on what we started yesterday. To avoid too much dispersion we've essentially worked in pairs.

Here's a brief list of today's achievements:

• We have added tests and docs for the Map Panel, Action, Popup. These components are now in good shape.
• We have agreed on policies regarding setters and getters. The basic rule is to use getters and setters where it makes sense only, as opposed to defining every property in the config object.
• We have ported a number of components from GeoExt 1, including the Zoom Slider, the Slider Tip.
• We have been developing data components for handling features and layers. This work will serve as the base for feature grids and layer trees.
• The test suite is now available online. We still have failing tests, they should be taken care of in the coming days.
• We have attempted to create a Sencha Touch 2 app based on the new Map Panel. Our goal was to determine if the Map Panel could work seamlessly with both Sencha Touch 2 and Ext JS 4.
  It turns out that the Sencha Touch API is very different (or at least too different) from the Ext JS 4 API. Having a Map Panel that works with both libraries is out of reach for the time being.
• We have investigated creating builds using the Sencha build tool. The good news is that it works with GeoExt. But there are still things to sort out in order to include OpenLayers code in the builds.

The GeoExt 2 code base is available on GitHub. And here's what the new API docs look like: