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Boost App Performance with React 19 Features

February 28, 2025
Smart UI v22.0.0 adds React 19 support, enhancing concurrency, server components, and rendering for faster, more efficient apps.

Smart UI by Smart HTML Elements is an enterprise-grade UI library offering pre-built web components for developers in Angular, React, Vue, Blazor, and JavaScript. It boasts over 60 ready-to-use components like grids, charts, schedulers, and editors, all featuring two-way data binding, responsiveness, accessibility, and theming capabilities. This library helps developers rapidly build dynamic and modern web applications with consistent look-and-feel and rich functionalities, accelerating development time and ensuring professional quality.

The Smart UI v22.0.0 release adds full support for React 19, bringing several advantages to developers. React 19 introduces features such as enhanced concurrent rendering, server components, and improved hooks, which collectively enhance performance and streamline development processes. By integrating these capabilities, Smart UI ensures that its components are optimized for the latest React advancements, providing a more efficient and responsive user experience. This update allows developers to leverage React 19's improvements seamlessly within Smart UI's comprehensive suite of components, facilitating the creation of modern, high-performance web applications.

To see a full list of what's new in v22.0.0, see our release notes.

Smart UI (Smart HTML Elements) is licensed per developer and is available as a perpetual license with 1 year support and maintenance. It includes distribution to unlimited Web applications, SaaS projects, Intranets and Websites. Team, OEM and Enterprise licensing options are also available. See our Smart UI licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our Smart UI product page.

Refine Data Discovery With Expandable Row Details

February 26, 2025
ZingGrid 2.0.0 allows JavaScript grid users to reveal additional data without cluttering the main grid view or losing context.

ZingGrid is a JavaScript library that simplifies the creation of interactive data tables and grids within web applications. Utilizing modern web components and focusing on performance and responsiveness, ZingGrid allows developers to implement features like searching, filtering, pagination, and in-line editing with minimal coding. This empowers efficient data visualization and manipulation for users, making it a valuable tool for web development.

The ZingGrid 2.0.0 release adds new Row Details feature that enhances data presentation by allowing users to expand individual rows and reveal supplementary information. This functionality provides a clean and organized way to display additional data without cluttering the main grid view. Whether you are editing, filtering, searching, or sorting your data, the expanded/collapsed state of each row is intelligently preserved, even across pages. This allows users to maintain context and easily access detailed information without losing their place or having to re-expand rows after interacting with other grid functionalities.

To see a full list of what's new in version 2.0.0, see our release notes.

ZingGrid is available as either a Single-Domain Website or Multi-Domain SaaS license. See our ZingGrid licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our ZingGrid product page.

Boost Grid Performance with Cached Cell Nodes

February 25, 2025
Handsontable 15.1.0 reuses and caches cell nodes, reducing needless DOM manipulations and boosting table rendering speed by up to 40%.

Handsontable is a JavaScript library designed to help developers build interactive data grids into their web applications. Offering a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, it allows users to edit, sort, and filter data with ease. Highly customizable and compatible with popular frameworks like React and Angular, Handsontable empowers developers to build robust data manipulation features into their web applications.

The Handsontable 15.1.0 update enhances table rendering efficiency by reusing and caching cell nodes instead of creating them from scratch during each rendering cycle. This reduces unnecessary DOM manipulations, leading to faster updates, improved responsiveness, and smoother interactions, particularly when handling large datasets. By optimizing how cells are managed, this update minimizes performance bottlenecks, allowing applications to render complex tables more efficiently while maintaining a seamless user experience.

To see a full list of what's new in version 15.1.0, see our release notes.

Handsontable is licensed per developer and is available as an Annual or Perpetual license with 1 year support and maintenance. See our Handsontable licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our Handsontable product page.

Easily Expand Data with Row Insertion

February 24, 2025
Inserting rows in spreadsheet components allows users to modify and expand data seamlessly, ensuring flexibility for dynamic content updates.

Inserting rows in spreadsheet components is a fundamental feature that allows users to dynamically expand their data sets while maintaining structure and organization. This capability is essential for applications that handle tabular data, enabling seamless modifications without disrupting existing content. Whether used for financial calculations, data analysis, or collaborative editing, the ability to add rows programmatically or through user interaction enhances flexibility and efficiency in spreadsheet-based applications.

Several React spreadsheet controls offer support for inserting rows including:

  • Wijmo FlexSheet (part of Wijmo by MESCIUS) provides built-in methods for inserting rows both through the UI and programmatically using its API.
  • Telerik Spreadsheet React (part of KendoReact by Telerik) enables users to insert rows dynamically while preserving formulas and formatting, ensuring data integrity.
  • Syncfusion Spreadsheet JavaScript (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) offers row insertion with support for undo/redo functionality for improved users control.
  • Infragistics Spreadsheet React (part of Infragistics Ignite UI) allows users to add rows via user commands or API calls, integrating with other spreadsheet operations.

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

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Turn Raw Data into Insights with Real-Time Updates

February 24, 2025
Kendo UI for jQuery v2025 Q1 adds a Chart Wizard for data-driven chart creation, enhancing visualization and workflow efficiency.

Kendo UI by Telerik is a comprehensive suite of JavaScript UI components designed to accelerate web application development. Offering pre-built, customizable elements for grids, charts, schedulers, and more, it streamlines UI creation across popular frameworks like jQuery, Angular, React, and Vue. Key features include responsive design, accessibility, and high performance, enhancing user experience. Developers benefit from reduced development time, consistent UI patterns, and the ability to build feature-rich applications faster.

The Kendo UI for jQuery v2025 Q1 update introduces the Chart Wizard, a streamlined tool that simplifies chart creation by allowing developers to generate data-driven visualizations directly from grids, data-bound components, or external sources. This feature reduces manual configuration, enhances workflow efficiency, and ensures a seamless integration process, enabling developers to quickly transform raw data into meaningful insights while maintaining full customization control.

To see a full list of what’s new in v17.1.0 (2025 Q1), see our release notes.

Kendo UI is licensed per developer and has two licensing models: an annual Subscription License and a Perpetual License. The Subscription license provides access to the latest product updates, technical support, and exclusive benefits for a flat annual fee, and must be renewed to continue using the software. The Perpetual license is a one-time purchase granting access to the current released version and includes a one-year subscription for product updates and technical support.  After this initial period, users can choose to renew the subscription element to continue receiving updates and support; otherwise, they may continue using the installed version available during their active subscription term but will forgo future updates and support. See our Kendo UI licensing page for full details.

Kendo UI is also available to buy individually or as part of: