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Visually Highlight Critical Data Elements

March 12, 2024
Enhance data visualization and user experience by drawing attention to important React grid data with conditional formatting.

Conditional formatting in a grid allows you to dynamically alter the visual style of cells based on specific criteria within your data. This functionality enhances readability and user experience by highlighting important information. For instance, negative values can be displayed in red, exceeding values in bold, and empty cells with a light gray background, all within the grid itself. This reduces the need for users to manually scan through data and immediately draws attention to critical elements.

Several React grid controls offer conditional formatting, including:

  • KendoReact Data Grid (part of KendoReact by Telerik) facilitates applying custom styles and colors to grid cells based on data conditions.
  • Wijmo FlexGrid (part of Wijmo by MESCIUS) empowers developers to implement conditional formatting rules for visual data analysis in React apps.
  • Handsontable by Handsoncode enables the creation of data grids with dynamic cell formatting dependent on specific values.
  • jQWidgets Grid (part of jQWidgets) offers conditional formatting capabilities to highlight patterns and trends within React data grids.
  • Syncfusion Grid (part of Syncfusion Essential Studio Enterprise) provides conditional formatting rules to enhance grid data visualization.

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

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Build a React Weather App with Wijmo Gauges

March 12, 2024
Learn how to create a React function-based component application that fetches weather information from the OpenWeatherMap API.

Wijmo is a complete collection of extensible, fast, flexible JavaScript UI components written in TypeScript. The framework-agnostic Wijmo components include first-class support for top frameworks including Angular, React, Vue and Web Components. Wijmo Enterprise has over 100 dynamic JavaScript UI components to help cut your development time in half, allowing you to build lightweight, high-performance JavaScript applications using your favorite JavaScript framework.

In this blog post, MESCIUS Technical Engagement Engineer Andrew Peterson shows you how to utilize the Wijmo Gauges - along with the OpenWeatherMap API - to build a React app to display the current weather. Steps include:

  • Setting up the React app
  • Installing Packages
  • Getting the OpenWeatherMap API Key
  • Creating the Weather Component
  • Integrating WeatherComponent into the App
  • Adding the Wijmo Gauge and Styling

Read the complete blog to explore this powerful and rich capability.

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.

For more information, visit our Wijmo product page.

Embed Web Content into Your Dashboards

March 12, 2024
Stimulsoft Dashboards.WEB 2024.2 adds a new Web Content element that allows users to embed videos, web pages, and more into their dashboards.

Stimulsoft Dashboards is a versatile suite of tools for crafting interactive data visualizations for web and desktop applications. It empowers developers to embed intuitive dashboards across various platforms, using the platform-specific components or a centralized cloud designer. With rich data analysis elements, extensive customization options, and pre-built templates, Stimulsoft Dashboards helps you transform complex data into clear, actionable insights for any audience.

The Stimulsoft Dashboards.WEB 2024.2 update adds a new Web Content element which can be used to seamlessly integrate multimedia content using links and embed codes. This allows you to incorporate videos, webpages, and other interactive elements, keeping users engaged and informed.

To see a full list of what's new in version 2024.2, see our release notes.

Stimulsoft Dashboards.WEB is licensed per developer and is available as a Perpetual license with 1 year support and maintenance. See our Stimulsoft Dashboards.WEB licensing page for full details.

Stimulsoft Dashboards.WEB is available to buy in the following products:

Boost PHP Development with AI Code Snippets

March 11, 2024
PHP Tools for Visual Studio v1.79 introduces smart snippets that provide intelligent inline suggestions based on the context of your existing code.

PHP Tools for Visual Studio converts Microsoft's IDE into a complete PHP development environment, increasing productivity with features such as smart code analysis, preemptive code completion, integrated debugging, and project management. This single package combines Visual Studio's familiar interface with industry-standard capabilities, allowing you to easily develop PHP applications and websites.

The PHP Tools for Visual Studio V1.79 release adds support for AI smart snippets. With this new feature, the editor automatically suggests relevant code snippets based on your current code, saving you time from manually searching or writing them from scratch. These smart snippets can help to ensure consistent coding style and formatting within your project, making the code easier to read and maintain for you and your team.

To see a full list of what's new in v1.79.19431, see our release notes.

PHP Tools for Visual Studio is licensed per developer and is available as a perpetual license with 1 year of upgrades and support. See our PHP Tools for Visual Studio licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our PHP Tools for Visual Studio product page.

Enhance Code Readability with Smart Indentation

March 8, 2024
AlterNET Studio v9.5.2 adds smart indentation support for C/C++, Java, Lua, PowerShell, and R LSP parsers, saving time and boosting maintainability.

AlterNET Studio is a development toolkit designed specifically for .NET developers building Windows Forms or WPF applications. It provides a suite of components that integrate seamlessly into your applications, offering functionalities like advanced code editing with features akin to Microsoft Visual Studio, scripting capabilities in various languages for extending application logic, and a visual form designer for crafting user interfaces.

The AlterNET Studio v9.5.2 update brings a significant improvement for developers working with C/C++, Java, Lua, PowerShell, and R code with the introduction of smart indentation support for their respective LSP parsers. This new feature ensures that indentation is automatically adjusted based on the code structure, enhancing readability and maintainability. By automating indentation, developers can focus on writing logic and functionality rather than manually managing indentation levels, which can be especially time-consuming and error-prone in complex codebases.

To see a full list of what's new in v9.5.2, see our release notes.

AlterNET Studio is licensed per developer. A license is only required when developing and compiling applications that use AlterNET Studio; end-users or testers of compiled applications do not require a license. The perpetual license includes a one-year subscription which entitles you to free updates to all new versions during the subscription period. See our AlterNET Studio licensing page for full details.

Learn more on our AlterNET Studio product page.