Sometimes when you are working on a new feature of an application the server and client are either in development at different stages or maybe you just want to work out the particulars of a view in isolation from the server. To make this possible there are a few JavaScript libraries that makes it very easy to mock not only data used in the grid, but
The Ignite UI igTree is a powerful client-side jQuery UI widget which has a ton of great features baked right into the control. One of the most valuable features of any tree is its ability to support load-on-demand from a remote server. On a recent project I used the tree to read through a series of XML files which represented many megabytes of data
Thanks to all who attended my recent session on 9 Interactive Features of the Ignite UI igGrid. There’s a lot packed into the grid and features highlighted in the webinar just scratch the surface on what the grid can do! Demos Download If you’re interested in working through the samples I used during the demo, you can download the code here
Anytime you approach a new library or set of controls sometimes it’s nice to get a helping hand. In an effort to make it drop-dead simple for you to learn how to get started with Ignite UI, I am announcing the release of Fundamentals of Ignite UI . This video series will acquaint you with Ignite UI from some of the high level architectural constructs
Instantiating the igGrid control is straight-forward; you can simply create the control with a call similar to $("#grid").igGrid() and pass in grid options depending on your requirements. While it’s easy to construct a new grid this way, it’s also easy to overlook a small nuance which can have a significant impact on how you work
When defining resources in the $.ig.loader options, you have the option to explicitly load all the scripts associated with the control itself, load a selection of its features and even a load using a wild card option. When you are loading in explicit features the format of the resources string is very important – the list is comma delimited and
The default settings found in the Ignite UI igGrid make working with data easy, but with a little customization you can quickly change how the data appears in each column. 1. Manually Define Columns The first step to taking control of how data renders in the grid is to turn off autoGenerateColumns and manually define columns to explicitly set each of
The Ignite UI Grid is a flexible jQuery and HTML-based grid control that can be bound to many different types of data sources - and XML data is no exception. 1. Get the Data To begin, you first need to get data on your page. In this case your page needs to have XML either locally available on the page or as the result of an AJAX call. For simplicity