On Thu, 14 Feb 2013, Cary Gordon wrote:
I have used Flexigrid, but there are several choices, and one of the
others might better suit your needs.
I have informally tiered them but my (based on very little) perception
of their popularity.
Flexigrid: http://flexigrid.info/
Ingrid: http://reconstrukt.com/ingrid/
jQuery Grid: http://github.com/tonytomov/jqGrid
jqGridView: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jqGridView
SlickGrid: http://github.com/mleibman/SlickGrid
DataTables: http://www.datatables.net/index
jTable: http://www.jtable.org/
Thanks for the effort, That's the sort of thing that I *don't* need.
I'm concerned about what features they have, and which browsers they
support.
For instance:
How can you feed data into it?
HTML tables (progressive enhancement)
XML
JSOC
some other API
Can it cache data locally, and if so, how?
localStorage
webDB
indexedDB
How is it licensed?
commercial
BSD
GPLv2
GPLv3
LGPL
Does it do sorting / filtering / pagination locally, or does it
require a server component?
Can you extend the datatypes? (to support abnormal sorting)
Can you specify a function for rendering?
(eg, show negative numbers in red, wrapped in parens;
display alternate info when null)
Does it support ...
tree views?
dynamic groupings?
column re-ordering?
automatic table sizing (to fill the view)?
shift-clicking ranges of records?
alt/ctrl-clicking multiple records?
selecting checkboxes (so the table's a form input)
adding new rows?
hiding columns?
infinate scrolling?
editing of cells?
adding / deleting records?
Does it meet Section 508 requirements?
What's the realistic maximum for:
number of columns
number of rows displayed
number of records total (including not displayed)
... and the list goes on ... that's just some of the significant
discriminators I've noticed when looking at the different implementations.
-Joe
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Joe Hourcle
<[email protected]> wrote:
A couple of weeks ago, I posted to Stack Exchange's 'Webmasters' site, asking
if there were any good feature comparisons of different Javascript 'data grid'
implementations.*
The response has been ... lacking, to put it mildly:**
http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/q/42847/22457
I can find all sorts of comparisons of databases, javascript frameworks, web
browsers, etc ... but I just haven't been able to find anything on tabular data
presentation other than the sort of 'top 10 list'-type stuff that doesn't go
into detail about why you might select one over another.
Is anyone aware of such a comparison, or should I just put something half-assed
up on wikipedia in hopes that the different implementations will fill it in?
-Joe
* ie, the ones that let you play with tabular data ... not the 'grid' stuff that
the web designers use for layout, nor the 'data grid' stuff that the comp.sci &
scientific community use for distributed data storage.
** maybe I should've just asked on Stack Overflow, rather than post to the
correct topical place
--
Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://chillco.com
