I'd like to build a simple form that I can use to create a record (C=Create), read the record data from a database (R=Read), update the record from a database (U=Update) and delete the record from a database (D=Delete). I don't want to use PHP as in the Ext JS examples. I'd prefer to use WCF or an HTTP Handler (*.ashx file) in ASP.NET. Can someone help me with the code for this? I don't need details on the database access. I'm just struggling with getting the client code aspect, and what parameters and return types I should use on the server code methods.
I'd like to mimic this architecture but use the Ext JS client code: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/283976/CRUD-Create-Read-Update-Delete
And if you choose WCF, I'm using REST, not SOAP:
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HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>...</title>
<!-- ExtJS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../resources/css/ext-all.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="../../ext-all.js"></script>
<!-- Shared -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../shared/example.css" />
<!-- GC -->
<!-- Example -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="dynamic.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>CRUD example with Ext JS 4 dynamic form</h1>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript
Ext.require([
//'Ext.form.*',
//'Ext.layout.container.Column',
//'Ext.tab.Panel'
'*'
]);
Ext.onReady(function () {
Ext.QuickTips.init();
var bd = Ext.getBody();
/*
* ================ Simple form =======================
*/
bd.createChild({ tag: 'h2', html: 'Form 1 - Very Simple' });
var required = '<span style="color:red;font-weight:bold" data-qtip="Required">*</span>';
var simple = Ext.widget({
xtype: 'form',
layout: 'form',
collapsible: true,
id: 'simpleForm',
url: 'save-form.php',
frame: true,
title: 'Simple Form',
bodyPadding: '5 5 0',
width: 350,
fieldDefaults: {
msgTarget: 'side',
labelWidth: 75
},
defaultType: 'textfield',
items: [{
fieldLabel: 'First Name',
afterLabelTextTpl: required,
name: 'first',
allowBlank: false
}, {
fieldLabel: 'Last Name',
afterLabelTextTpl: required,
name: 'last'
}, {
fieldLabel: 'Company',
name: 'company'
}, {
fieldLabel: 'Email',
afterLabelTextTpl: required,
name: 'email',
vtype: 'email'
}, {
fieldLabel: 'DOB',
name: 'dob',
xtype: 'datefield'
}, {
fieldLabel: 'Age',
name: 'age',
xtype: 'numberfield',
minValue: 0,
maxValue: 100
}, {
xtype: 'timefield',
fieldLabel: 'Time',
name: 'time',
minValue: '8:00am',
maxValue: '6:00pm'
}],
buttons: [{
text: 'Save'
}, {
text: 'Cancel'
}]
});
simple.render(document.body);
});
Your question is kind of very vague and this is probably the main reason you're not getting any answers. I just launched rather big web application after 6mo development cycle with ExtJs as a front end, entity framework and SQL Server as a back end.
There is really not so much difference from the ExtJs perspective comparing to say working with PHP - of course there are some quirks here and there, but after you configure WCF to provide you JSON data - there are very similar.
You can start by specifying different URLs in your proxy class (because WCF will handle UCD portion of CRUD in one SubmitChanges handler:
read: 'GetData',
update: 'SubmitChanges',
create: 'SubmitChanges',
destroy: 'SubmitChanges'
I'd be happy to help if you have any specific questions.