Infragistics NetAdvantage for jQuery Reviews

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The primary focus of NetAdvantage for jQuery is a set of extensions to the open source JavaScript library for creating data-driven applications that can access data on the server (through services) or embedded in the page. But, in some ways, NetAdvantage for jQuery is an odd package. Infragistics has included several non-client, .NET, server-side resources: libraries for managing XPS and PDF documents and for working with both Word and Excel files. Other components that go beyond jQuery are a better fit for the product's title -- namely, a set of ASP.NET MVC helpers to facilitate generating client-side code for jQuery extensions, and the necessary libraries to integrate the extensions into ASP.NET MVC applications. But what a developer is looking for in a client-side jQuery package are JavaScript libraries that extend jQuery. Here, the jewel in the crown is the Infragistics igDataSource control. The igDataSource, similar to the ASP.NET DataSources, makes a variety of data look alike.

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Infragistics has released NetAdvantage for jQuery Community Edition, an entry level version of its client-side control toolset for developers using jQuery and JavaScript. NetAdvantage for jQuery was initially released last year and updated this year so that every control is Touch enabled to give cleaner, faster, more fluid control of mobile applications. One of its key components is the jQuery Grid, the use of which is explained in Getting started with NetAdvantage jQuery. One of the addition in the 2012 release was jQuery Chart, which includes CategoryDateTimeXAxis, Axis Label Templating, Financial Indicators, Value Overlays and Motion Framework. Designed for developers at small agencies, companies, and consultants who are curious about HTML5 application development the Community Edition contains the same suite of HTML5 control for mobile intelligence as NetAdvantage for jQuery but with only Forum support, which reduces its price by over 50%.