TOMORROW (Tuesday) - Club★AJAX - Build Your Own Grid! - Mike Wilcox

[Bob Byron]

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Build Your Own Damn Grid!

Don't use jqGrid, FlexiGrid, Kendo Grid, Dojo Grid, EXT Grid... don't even use the grid that will be demonstrated in this talk! Build your own damn grid!

Because of the visual relationship to the database, HTML data grids are one of the most common widgets requested by business. But tabular data isn't enough, they tend to want a fixed header, sorting, pagination, dynamic columns, and features, features, features, and more features. Developers not wanting to "recreate the wheel" naturally reach for an off-the-shelf solution.

The problem is it turns out Feature A doesn't work with Feature B, and Feature C is missing in Library A, so you opt for Library C which is missing Feature A! All you have to do if implement Feature A, right? WRONG! Build your own damn grid!

Mike Wilcox will show how easy it is to build a grid that you can extend with your own features, after knowing a few key tricks. He will also give architecture and code-style tips, and show off the base library code used for the grid.

About the Speaker
Mike Wilcox is a front end engineer, UI, UX, design specialist, a senior software engineer at Tradestation, and a regular speaker on JavaScript and other web technologies. As co-founder of the JavaScript user group in Dallas, Club AJAX, Mike has spoken on topics that include "Model View Madness" and "JavaScript Object Oriented Inheritance".

News - Bob Byron
Bob will be talking with us about the latest news on browsers, JavaScript and other web technologies.

The Place

We are meeting at Improving!

When:    Tuesday, January 6, 2015
         7:00 PM to 9:00 PM  (Social: 6:30 PM)

Where:   1 Hanover Park
         16633 Dallas Pkwy
         Dallas, TX 75248
         (972) 200-0028


         First Floor Suite #11

Map:     http://clubajax.org/community/directions/