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datagrid: any good one that can be used?

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:01 am
by bghayad
Hi All;

I am looking for a datagrid (something open source) that is good enough and enable me to use it with some kind of rich features to display the query result in a grid and having the ability to select some rows in displayed in the grid and then click on submit button to do an action for those who are selected.

Any one advise?
Appreciate your kindly help.

Regrads
Bilal

Re: datagrid: any good one that can be used?

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:11 pm
by tr0gd0rr
Ext JavaScript has some crazy amazing grids. One that might meet your needs is the second grid demo here. Also see the page with all ExtJS Demos.

I've used ExtJS a fair amount. It is great if they have exactly the module you need, but it is a bit unweildy to do anything custom.

Re: datagrid: any good one that can be used?

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:24 pm
by alex.barylski
It is great if they have exactly the module you need, but it is a bit unweildy to do anything custom
Amazing framework isnt it? However, what do you mean by unweidly?

Re: datagrid: any good one that can be used?

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:05 am
by tr0gd0rr
PCSpectra wrote:Amazing framework isnt it? However, what do you mean by unweidly?
So many configuration options that it isn't clear how to change default behavior. When you find that you can't change the behavior you want, you have to extend a class and learn even more about the configuration options and methods so that it works properly.

I've spent so many hours looking at Ext API Docs compared to time spent with docs on widgets for jQuery or Prototype because Ext is so complex and interwoven. For example, here is the class heirarchy for Ext.form.TimeField:

Observable > Component > BoxComponent > Field > TextField > TriggerField > ComboBox > TimeField

Makes for great code re-use but is hard to follow :D

Re: datagrid: any good one that can be used?

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:25 pm
by alex.barylski
It is hard to take it all in, but the payoff is incredible, the best framework I have ever worked with, outside of Qt for C++. Jack is a very talented software architect (as well as his crew).

It also does waaaay more than jQuery so obviously the learning curve is much greater :)