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Its unclear from looking at the features what this gives you over LibreOffice Calc. I guess that it runs in the browser and is written in Javascript, so maybe t

by Naac 6y ago

Its unclear from looking at the features what this gives you over LibreOffice Calc. I guess that it runs in the browser and is written in Javascript, so maybe the extensibility is easier than Calc? It would be nice to have a section in the README comparing revolist to other mature open source spreadsheet projects.

dkersten 6y ago
Seems more like an alternative to Handsontable than for LibreOffice Calc. That is, its not an end-user spreadsheet, but rather a spreadsheet/datatable component for use in your web applications. Its a very different use case.
- robbiejs 6y ago
  Data grids / tables / spreadsheets are different beasts. Always ask yourself what kind of table your SaaS app or website needs: 1) A read-only table for presentation purposes, with pagination and sorting options. 2) A read-only data grid that supports high-frequency updates/redraws, for things like Stock or Bitcoin trading. 3) A data grid to edit JSON/Javascript data, with user-friendly spreadsheet-like controls. 4) A spreadsheet-product, with features like formulas, merged cells, HTML (images) in cells, pivot tables, etc. They have overlapping features. Most will have sorting, some will have undo/redo, some will have formulas, etc. If a table product has many features, it will probably suffer performance. Some libs are 1MB (minified!) I have written an (unfinished and biased) article that compares a few data table products, for anyone that's interested: https://www.datagridxl.com/compare https://www.datagridxl.com/compare.
  - dkersten 6y ago
    Yes, and RevoGrid is a data grid with spreadsheet like UI/styling. Which has a very different use case than a full blown spreadsheet like LibreOffice Calc or Google Docs.
    - robbiejs 6y ago
      Exactly.
breakfastduck 6y ago
Missing the point here I think - it's for embedding data tables within a web application. Generally useful for enterprise applications & provides easy editing / filtering etc without the need to reinvent the wheel..

by Naac 6y ago

dkersten 6y ago

Seems more like an alternative to Handsontable than for LibreOffice Calc. That is, its not an end-user spreadsheet, but rather a spreadsheet/datatable component for use in your web applications. Its a very different use case.

robbiejs 6y ago
Data grids / tables / spreadsheets are different beasts. Always ask yourself what kind of table your SaaS app or website needs: 1) A read-only table for presentation purposes, with pagination and sorting options. 2) A read-only data grid that supports high-frequency updates/redraws, for things like Stock or Bitcoin trading. 3) A data grid to edit JSON/Javascript data, with user-friendly spreadsheet-like controls. 4) A spreadsheet-product, with features like formulas, merged cells, HTML (images) in cells, pivot tables, etc. They have overlapping features. Most will have sorting, some will have undo/redo, some will have formulas, etc. If a table product has many features, it will probably suffer performance. Some libs are 1MB (minified!) I have written an (unfinished and biased) article that compares a few data table products, for anyone that's interested: https://www.datagridxl.com/compare https://www.datagridxl.com/compare.
- dkersten 6y ago
  Yes, and RevoGrid is a data grid with spreadsheet like UI/styling. Which has a very different use case than a full blown spreadsheet like LibreOffice Calc or Google Docs.
  - robbiejs 6y ago
    Exactly.

breakfastduck 6y ago

Missing the point here I think - it's for embedding data tables within a web application. Generally useful for enterprise applications & provides easy editing / filtering etc without the need to reinvent the wheel..