You might want to try this one: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2006/08/23/xsldatagrid-xslt-ajax.html

I have not yet got it to work, but it looks promising!

Hey Thijs, I had actually looked at that one as well and I like their way of thinking a lot. I like any solution where the data is structured and the presentation is separate from that. It seems like this particular code is still in the concept phase as far as I can tell, but I am going to keep my eye on it. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks for putting this together and the kind words on the Nitobi Grid. We’ve been working on it for long time:) Just a heads up we’re adding grouping / treeview functionality into our grid, been in the works for a while with some beta customers. Also, we’re releasing a suite early in 2007 which will bring the per component cost down quite a bit for the community.

I’m curious why you haven’t included offerings from Ajax component vendors like Infragistics, Backbase or Telerik?

Do you develop mainly in .Net on the backend?

Thanks!

Hi Andre, Thanks for the message - you guys make a great product! I actually only included links on this page for non .NET products. Though I do use .NET, in this case I’m looking for a PHP solution. So, I didn’t include the ones that only have a .NET version. But, I will check out the companies that you mentioned.

Thanks Jason. We’ve always felt supporting multiple backends is very important. That’s why we were so excited to get .Net and Cold Fusion support in this fall. We have a PHP backend, what did you think of that? What IDE are you using for development? And I’m guessing it’s MySQL for the DB? I’m also curious since you’re looking for a JavaScript component whether you have a preference for XML or JSON?

Finally, one last question, what would you consider a down to earth price for this type of product?

Hi Andre, Well first thanks for your interest in my humble opinion! I use Visual Studio for most of my development. For PHP I use JCX Software’s vsPHP plugin which is awesome. For my own personal work, I choose the LAMP/WAMP platform because it has the widest install base and the least hassle. When I’m working for a client, the sky is the limit - I work with about everything - Oracle, MS SQL, Java, C#, etc. So your support for all of those things is nice because I could theoretically learn your product and use it in all of my work.

As far as XML or JSON. hmm… XML is tempting because I can imagine a generic back-end with a replaceable presentation layer. But on a practical level you want the grid to be as responsive as possible. JSON is probably the pragmatic choice.

As far as price, that is a tough question. I think $399 for a component puts you definitely into the corporate price range for developers like myself who would buy it for work. I do like the fact that there is unlimited deployment for that price. I think it’s a fair deal. It just hurts a little to shell out that much cash unless the company is footing the bill.

I think there are two groups of developers you’re filtering out with that price - the freelancers and the OSS guys. You’ll never get OSS guys with a commercial product. If you want to go after the freelancers, though, I think there is a sweet spot around $99. I bet you would see more sales, but your support costs would go up as well. If you can make something work at that price, I think you guys would get a lot more customers.

Thanks for stopping by!

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