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AnyGrids – JavaScript tool for visualizing any business data

13 points by albertka 6y ago

taggenblu 6y ago
What benefits does AnyGrids give over existing, feature-rich, table libraries? Notably (in order of populairty) * Handsontable, handsontable.com * SlickGrid * Clusterize.js * ui-grid , ui-grid.info * DataTables, datatables.net * ng-table, ng-table.com * jqGrid * FancyGrid * BackGrid.js, backgridjs.com * Recline.js * ag-grid, ag-grid.com
- albertka 6y ago
  Thank you for your comment. I will write a review article comparing these libraries and my project.
- andyg2 6y ago
  Simplicity
albertka 6y ago
AnyGrids is a free JavaScript grid library with charts integration. It has features: paging, sorting, total row, child rows, integration with charts (custom bar, linear, pie sparklines)
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago
  I take it you're associated with the project then? What's your role?
  - albertka 6y ago
    Yes i'm a developer
MaxBarraclough 6y ago
As the page doesn't make the licence immediately clear: this is not Free software. From the licence text on GitHub [0]: > 1.1 AnyGrids is provided free of charge and may be used by you for any legal purpose. Despite no charge for the product, there are a number of conditions for using this tool. > 1.2 Your data file should not exceed 1MB. [0] https://github.com/AnyGrids/AnyGrids/blob/master/LICENSE.md https://github.com/AnyGrids/AnyGrids/blob/master/LICENSE.md
- albertka 6y ago
  Thanks so much for the comment! I removed it (1.2) from the license.
  - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
    That's a step in the right direction, but it's still not Free software. Section 2.3 clearly breaches Freedom 1. [0] If you're serious about this project and want it to be adopted by Free / Open Source software projects, you should use a standard Free and Open Source software licence like the GPL or the MIT licence. It's a bad idea to roll your own non-standard licence, even if its terms are reasonable, and even if it meets the requirements for qualifying as a Free Software licence and an Open Source licence. [1] [2] [3] [0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html [1] https://ben.balter.com/2016/08/01/why-you-shouldnt-write-your-own-open-source-license/ https://ben.balter.com/2016/08/01/why-you-shouldnt-write-you... [2] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html [3] https://web.archive.org/web/20110428141712/http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical https://web.archive.org/web/20110428141712/http://opensource...

13 points by albertka 6y ago

What benefits does AnyGrids give over existing, feature-rich, table libraries? Notably (in order of populairty) * Handsontable, handsontable.com * SlickGrid * Clusterize.js * ui-grid , ui-grid.info * DataTables, datatables.net * ng-table, ng-table.com * jqGrid * FancyGrid * BackGrid.js, backgridjs.com * Recline.js * ag-grid, ag-grid.com

albertka 6y ago
Thank you for your comment. I will write a review article comparing these libraries and my project.
andyg2 6y ago
Simplicity

albertka 6y ago

AnyGrids is a free JavaScript grid library with charts integration. It has features: paging, sorting, total row, child rows, integration with charts (custom bar, linear, pie sparklines)

MaxBarraclough 6y ago
I take it you're associated with the project then? What's your role?
- albertka 6y ago
  Yes i'm a developer

MaxBarraclough 6y ago

As the page doesn't make the licence immediately clear: this is not Free software. From the licence text on GitHub [0]: > 1.1 AnyGrids is provided free of charge and may be used by you for any legal purpose. Despite no charge for the product, there are a number of conditions for using this tool. > 1.2 Your data file should not exceed 1MB. [0] https://github.com/AnyGrids/AnyGrids/blob/master/LICENSE.md https://github.com/AnyGrids/AnyGrids/blob/master/LICENSE.md

albertka 6y ago
Thanks so much for the comment! I removed it (1.2) from the license.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago
  That's a step in the right direction, but it's still not Free software. Section 2.3 clearly breaches Freedom 1. [0] If you're serious about this project and want it to be adopted by Free / Open Source software projects, you should use a standard Free and Open Source software licence like the GPL or the MIT licence. It's a bad idea to roll your own non-standard licence, even if its terms are reasonable, and even if it meets the requirements for qualifying as a Free Software licence and an Open Source licence. [1] [2] [3] [0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html [1] https://ben.balter.com/2016/08/01/why-you-shouldnt-write-your-own-open-source-license/ https://ben.balter.com/2016/08/01/why-you-shouldnt-write-you... [2] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html [3] https://web.archive.org/web/20110428141712/http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical https://web.archive.org/web/20110428141712/http://opensource...