JavaScript / HTML5 News

Visualize Geographic Data in Real-Time

April 1, 2026
Use map visualizations to explore geographic data, uncover patterns, and monitor activity in real time within modern applications and dashboards.

Map components allow developers to embed interactive, location-based data visualizations into applications and dashboards. By presenting data in a geographic context, they make it easier to identify patterns, monitor activity, and support faster decision-making. With features like real-time updates, data layering, and interactive navigation, maps are commonly used for tracking regional performance, visualizing logistics and routes, and monitoring live or spatial data within modern dashboards.

Several React UI suites provide map controls including:

  • DevExpress Dxperience lets you integrate interactive maps into dashboards, enabling geographic data visualization, region-based analysis, and real-time spatial insights.
  • Telerik DevCraft UI allows you to embed customizable map components, supporting geospatial data rendering, interactive navigation, and location-driven insights.
  • Infragistics Ignite UI facilitates high-performance geographic mapping, enabling real-time data plotting, layered visualizations, and rich interactivity for advanced analytics.
  • Syncfusion Essential Studio UI Component Suite lets you incorporate feature-rich maps, delivering scalable geospatial visualization, customizable layers, and intuitive exploration.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our React chart controls comparison.

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Create Charts with Flexible Data Selection

April 1, 2026
Syncfusion Essential Studio Spreadsheet Editor SDK adds discontinuous chart range support, enabling dynamic charts from non-adjacent data.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Spreadsheet Editor SDK is a library that lets developers embed spreadsheet functionality into web and desktop applications without requiring Microsoft Excel. It supports editing, formatting, and data analysis features such as cross sheet formula calculation, data binding to local and remote sources including JSON and REST, conditional cell styling, charts, data validation, worksheet protection, and workbook permissions. Available across frameworks including Blazor, React, Angular, Vue, JavaScript, ASP.NET Core and MVC, WPF and WinForms, it helps teams deliver a familiar spreadsheet experience for use cases like reporting, budgeting, and forecasting directly within their applications.

The Syncfusion Essential Studio Spreadsheet Editor SDK 2026 Volume 1 update introduces discontinuous chart range support, enabling developers to create charts from multiple non-adjacent rows, columns, or cell ranges without modifying the original data structure. This capability provides greater flexibility when working with complex, fragmented, or selectively relevant datasets, eliminating the need for manual data consolidation or duplication. It also ensures that charts remain automatically synchronized with updates across all referenced ranges, supporting more accurate, efficient, and maintainable data visualization within modern web and enterprise applications.

To see a full list of what's new in Syncfusion Essential Studio Spreadsheet Editor SDK 2026 Volume 1 (33.1.45), see our release notes.

Syncfusion Essential Studio Spreadsheet Editor SDK is licensed per developer on a one year timed subscription basis, with runtime royalty free redistribution included when the subscription is current, and includes one year of unlimited technical support and updates. See our Syncfusion Essential Studio Spreadsheet Editor SDK licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our Syncfusion Essential Studio Spreadsheet Editor SDK product page.

Update PostgreSQL Data from a JavaScript Datagrid

March 31, 2026
Use Wijmo to implement a full read/write data workflow between a JavaScript datagrid and PostgreSQL.

Wijmo is a cutting-edge collection of over 100 high-performance JavaScript UI controls designed for modern enterprise applications. Built for speed and flexibility, Wijmo empowers developers to deliver superior user experiences with fully responsive, touch-friendly, and accessible components.

In this blog post, MESCIUS Product Manager Joel Parks takes you through the process to Implement a PostgreSQL JavaScript workflow by capturing DataGrid state changes, issuing asynchronous POST requests, and processing updates through an Express API to reliably persist validated, row-level modifications in PostgreSQL. Steps include:

  • Detecting and collecting edited rows from Wijmo FlexGrid
  • Sending edited data to an Express server using an async POST request
  • Processing arrays of updates on the server
  • Updating matching rows in PostgreSQL using parameterized queries
  • Running the application and committing database updates

Detailed source code is included to help you get started.

Read the full blog now and get ready to build fully interactive, data-driven applications backed by PostgreSQL.

Wijmo is licensed per developer. Developer Licenses are perpetual and include 1 year Subscription which provides upgrades, including bug fixes and new features. See our Wijmo licensing page for full details.

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Adapt UIs Across Devices with Unified Layouts

March 31, 2026
Build better UIs with flexible, responsive layouts that ensure consistency, reduce complexity, and support scalable, user-friendly design.

Layout components in UI suites provide structured systems for arranging and aligning interface elements, giving developers a consistent and efficient way to build user interfaces. By simplifying positioning and handling responsive behavior, they reduce development complexity while ensuring a cohesive design across screens and devices. This leads to faster development, improved maintainability, and a better user experience. Common use cases include creating responsive dashboards, organizing forms, structuring navigation, and building applications that need to adapt across multiple devices.

Several Angular UI suites offer layout components including:

  • DevExtreme Complete lets you build responsive layouts with flexible containers, grids, and adaptive tools that improve alignment and cross-device development.
  • Infragistics Ignite UI allows you to create dynamic layouts using advanced grids, docking, and responsive components for consistent, scalable applications.
  • Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise facilitates building layouts with rich panels, splitters, and responsive containers that enhance productivity, organization, and scalability.
  • jQWidgets enables you to design layouts with widgets, flexible positioning, and responsive features that simplify UI creation and improve performance.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our Angular UI suites comparison.

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Highlight Key Data with Conditional Formatting

March 31, 2026
Apply rule-based styling to cells so users can quickly identify trends, outliers, and important values at a glance.

Conditional formatting in spreadsheet components allows developers to dynamically change the appearance of cells based on their values or defined rules. This feature helps highlight important data points, trends, and exceptions without requiring manual updates, making it easier for users to interpret large datasets at a glance. By applying visual cues such as colors, icons, and data bars, conditional formatting enhances readability and supports faster, more informed decision-making within spreadsheet-driven applications.

Several Angular spreadsheet controls offer support for conditional formatting including:

  • SpreadJS provides a conditional formatting engine with support for rules such as data bars, color scales, and icon sets, enabling dynamic visualization of data.
  • Infragistics Ignite UI for Angular Spreadsheet (part of Infragistics Ignite UI) includes conditional formatting capabilities that allow developers to apply rule-based styling.
  • Syncfusion Angular Spreadsheet (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) offers conditional formatting features that support a variety of rule types and visual styles.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our Angular spreadsheet controls comparison.

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