Why Ext?

I thought you said you wanted to standardise a single library!?

Right...that's the basic idea, however there is a good reason for supplementing jQuery with Ext:

• GIS

The OpenLayers library is the core of our GIS functionality & it's developer community are embracing Ext for providing enhanced UI widgets:

• GeoExt: ​http://geoext.org
• MapFish: ​http://mapfish.org
• HSLayers: ​http://les-ejk.cz/2008/12/hslayersmapfish-and-others/

JQueryUI just isn't functional enough of a base yet to build such functionality:

• No Layout, Grid, Toolbar

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