1.11. But... but... sWhat About the Widgets?

As cool as all of that is, if you think this is all there is to Ext JS, you are very much mistaken. The widgets, which are probably the best part of Ext JS, are still left to be examined, and that's precisely what Chapter 2 will mostly be about. The Ext namespace is where all the UI widgets are located on top of all we've seen so far. Because there are a good number of them, and they are collectively what initially attracts most people to Ext JS to begin with, I felt it was better to wall them off and devote an entire chapter to them.

In addition to the widgets, I've left out a few more "advanced" topics to cover in Chapter 2. For example, Ext JS provides a very nice, robust data subsystem that allows you to abstract away your data storage mechanism. This is something I also felt was better held off until the next chapter.