Question

What is the recommended way to stick Extjs elements in your html?

At the moment I have

<div><script type='text/javascript'>
    Ext.onReady(function(){
         new Ext.grid.Panel({params...}).show();
    })
</script></div>

But this feels very awkward ( Embedding script tags all over the place rankles my soul )

Components have a renderTo, but if the html element doesn’t exist, – I think? ( not too sure about that ) – that the component still gets created.

Answer 1

It depends entirely on what you want to do, check out the learning centre on Sencha:

http://www.sencha.com/learn/

http://www.sencha.com/learn/components/

Usually you use a complete layout system, though if you want to attach to an existing element, such as a div you’ll need something like renderTo.