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GeoExt Code Sprint - Spring

January 18th
OpenGeo is always eager to help advance open source geospatial software projects. When Andreas Hocevar told us that the GeoExt community was planning a code sprint for GeoExt 2.0 we were happy to get involved. The sprint is still in the planning stages and, unfortunately, not fully funded. Though many have contributed, we’re hoping others will join us in sponsoring this event.

GeoEXT and ExtJS 4
GeoExt enables building desktop-like GIS applications through the web. It is a Javascript framework that combines the GIS functionality of OpenLayers with the user interface of the ExtJS library provided by Sencha. GeoExt currently works with ExtJS 3 but that does not utilize the new features in ExtJS 4 (charting, harmonized API with Sencha Touch for mobile applications, and others). The upcoming code sprint will target developing GeoExt 2.0 to work with ExtJS 4 in order to leverage the newest features.

Participants
Representatives from the following companies have confirmed attendance and sponsorship:

  • OpenGeo
  • Camptocamp
  • terrestris
  • Mapgears

These organizations have provided core developers for GeoExt 1.x and have experience as service providers building applications with ExtJS 4. We’re excited to work with them again as we help develop GeoExt 2.0

Sponsor search
A week-long gathering of eight developers calls for a budget of $52,000. This covers travel, accommodations and partly the developers themselves. While much of this cost is being borne by the participating organizations we have not been able to close the gap.

We are looking for sponsors to help. Sponsors will be named explicitly and are encouraged to input their priorities for desired functionality in GeoExt 2.0.

Call for sponsorship
The participating organizations would like to invite all organizations and users utilizing GeoExt to sponsor the code sprint. Becoming a sponsor ensures the benefits from the new functions that will be implemented.

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This entry was written David Dubovsky on Wednesday, January 18th at 10:30 am and is filed under Conferences, GeoExt, OpenGeo Suite, Partners, Team, Technology.

2 Responses to “GeoExt Code Sprint - Spring”

  1. GeoExt Code Sprint in primavera « Cesare Gerbino GIS Blog Says:

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    January 18th at 4:58 pm
  2. vahid sohrabloo Says:

    Hi
    I already start GeoExt4

    How I can help

    January 23rd at 8:25 am