I am checking out jqGrid which looks like a great grid. If you are using jqGrid with MVC what are you experince with it? Stability, how easy to use / configure etc. I am also intrested to hear if you think using the MVC specific .NET extensions a good idea
or if you think it is better to use only the client-side part with pure js/jquery.
I almost went with jqGrid in past experiences but ended up going with Tablesorter just because its almost as good and free.
http://tablesorter.com/docs/
Looks nice but does not have the same set of features as jqGrid. Good enough if you don't need all the features that jqGrid has. It is nice to have possibilities but comes with a price, harder to start using.
After using jqgrid I prefer slickgrid. As this grids are client based, there is not much reason for MVC helpers.
Why do you prefer SlickGrid?
Even if they are client based, server-side functions might be useful. For example with jqGrid you can setup the grid in c# instead of doing it with js and it will automatically filter your data in your controller code. If you are using pure jquery (which
I am currently doing) then you have to take care of paging selection yourself. It is not that hard to do though and I personally thing that configuring columns etc is presentation logic and should be in your view and not controller.
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Using jqGrid (Trident) with MVC
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I am checking out jqGrid which looks like a great grid. If you are using jqGrid with MVC what are you experince with it? Stability, how easy to use / configure etc. I am also intrested to hear if you think using the MVC specific .NET extensions a good idea or if you think it is better to use only the client-side part with pure js/jquery.
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Re: Using jqGrid (Trident) with MVC
Feb 27, 2013 08:28 PM|LINK
I almost went with jqGrid in past experiences but ended up going with Tablesorter just because its almost as good and free.
http://tablesorter.com/docs/
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Re: Using jqGrid (Trident) with MVC
Feb 27, 2013 08:28 PM|LINK
And its all client side.
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magnusb999
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Re: Using jqGrid (Trident) with MVC
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Looks nice but does not have the same set of features as jqGrid. Good enough if you don't need all the features that jqGrid has. It is nice to have possibilities but comes with a price, harder to start using.
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Re: Using jqGrid (Trident) with MVC
Feb 28, 2013 12:04 PM|LINK
Why do you prefer SlickGrid?
Even if they are client based, server-side functions might be useful. For example with jqGrid you can setup the grid in c# instead of doing it with js and it will automatically filter your data in your controller code. If you are using pure jquery (which I am currently doing) then you have to take care of paging selection yourself. It is not that hard to do though and I personally thing that configuring columns etc is presentation logic and should be in your view and not controller.