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Render Large Datasets Without Performance Loss

September 25, 2025
Handsontable 16.1.0 introduces client-side row pagination to enhance performance and usability with large tables.

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 16.1.0 update brings client-side row pagination, allowing users to divide large tables into smaller, more manageable chunks. This feature is especially beneficial when working with high-volume data, as it improves rendering speed and ensures smoother interaction. By enabling page-based navigation within the grid, developers can maintain a responsive user interface even as datasets scale up significantly.

To see a full list of what's new in version 16.1.0, 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.

Tailor Reports with Full Customization Control

September 23, 2025
DevExpress Reporting enables the creation of task-specific reports with custom controls, advanced expressions, and flexible parameters.

DevExpress Reporting is a comprehensive suite of reporting tools that help developers create visually stunning and highly customizable reports for various applications. With its rich feature set, including data binding, layout design, printing, and exporting capabilities, DevExpress Reporting enables the efficient creation of reports that meet the most demanding business requirements.

DevExpress Reporting lets developers build custom report controls that go beyond the built-in options, making it easier to meet specific project needs. These controls can include unique visual elements or functions that fit naturally into the existing reporting setup, keeping reports consistent in both appearance and behavior. Custom controls also help standardize design, support reusable logic, and handle specialized data presentation that standard controls may not cover, improving maintainability and scalability over time.

DevExpress Reporting is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our DevExpress Reporting licensing page for full details.

DevExpress Reporting is available to buy in the following products:

Convey Trends with Compact Data Visualization

September 22, 2025
Leverage sparklines in your Vue.js projects to display small scale charts that provide quick in-context trend recognition to aid data analysis.

Typically embedded within text, tables/grids, or dashboards, sparklines are small-scale, data-driven graphics that present trends, patterns, or fluctuations within a dataset in a visually compact format. Unlike full-scale charts, sparklines do not include axes or labels, allowing them to present time-series or categorical data in a condensed form to deliver immediate visual cues without interrupting the flow of surrounding content. This design makes sparklines well-suited for highlighting patterns and changes over time or comparing multiple values side-by-side whilst helping users quickly identify key insights without leaving the context of the data.

Several Vue.js charting components offer sparkline functionality, including:

  • DevExtreme Chart (part of DevExtreme Complete by DevExpress) lets you render compact sparklines directly within grids or dashboards, offering quick visual insights into dynamic data changes.
  • Highcharts Core by Highsoft allows you to embed minimalist sparklines in tables or reports, presenting trends clearly without additional charting overhead.
  • Kendo UI for Vue Chart (part of Kendo UI by Telerik) supports lightweight sparklines to visualize patterns inline, making them ideal for summarizing series data in grids.
  • amCharts 5: Charts facilitates the creation of embedded sparklines, effectively conveying trends in small spaces without distracting from surrounding interface elements.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of Vue.js chart components.

Compare Vue.js Chart Components

Natively Edit PDF Forms in Drupal

September 18, 2025
ONLYOFFICE Docs with Drupal Connector v9.0.4 adds built-in PDF form editing, letting users update fields and layouts directly in Drupal.

ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Drupal Connector lets teams edit and collaborate on office files directly within Drupal’s Media module, streamlining content creation and management. It integrates the full ONLYOFFICE Docs suite for text documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, supporting formats like DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, PDF, TXT, RTF, HTML, EPUB, and CSV with full OOXML compatibility. Users can create documents, build spreadsheets, and design presentations collaboratively in real time, all in their browser. With options for customization and rebranding, it enhances productivity and delivers a seamless, integrated digital experience.

The ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Drupal Connector v9.0.4 update introduces the ability to edit PDF forms directly within Drupal, allowing developers and administrators to modify fields, adjust layouts, and update existing forms without re-uploading files. This enhancement improves form management by keeping all edits within the Drupal environment and saving changes back to the original templates, reducing versioning issues and eliminating the need for external tools. It simplifies maintenance, accelerates updates, and ensures that form templates remain consistent and accessible throughout the development lifecycle.

To see a full list of what's new in v9.0.4 (2.0.0), see our release notes.

ONLYOFFICE Docs is licensed by the number of simultaneous document connections and is available as an annual license with 1 year support and upgrades. See our ONLYOFFICE Docs licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Drupal Connector.

Transform Applications with Ready-Made Themes

September 16, 2025
DevExpress DXperience offers customizable themes to create modern, consistent, and visually engaging interfaces with ease.

DevExpress DXperience is a comprehensive development suite that enables developers to build high-performance applications for Windows, Web, mobile, and tablet platforms using a unified set of controls and tools. It includes hundreds of desktop UI controls for WinForms, WPF, and reporting, as well as web UI controls for Blazor, ASP.NET, MVC, Core, Bootstrap Web Forms, JavaScript, Angular, React, Vue, and web reporting, plus productivity tools like XPO ORM and CodeRush for Visual Studio. With its extensive component library, DXperience accelerates development, ensures visually consistent and responsive interfaces, and is ideal for creating enterprise applications, data-driven web apps, dashboards, and reporting solutions.

DevExpress DXperience enhances application development with new app-wide themes and skins, allowing developers to apply a consistent, modern visual style across entire projects with minimal configuration. By providing professionally designed themes that align with Microsoft Office and Windows 11 aesthetics, along with built-in tools for customizing these designs, it improves the UI design process and reduces the need for manual styling. This enables developers to focus on functionality while delivering polished, cohesive user interfaces that improve usability and maintain a professional appearance across all application modules.

DevExpress DXperience is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual License with a 12 month support and maintenance subscription. See our DevExpress DXperience licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our DevExpress DXperience product page.