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Data Tables is a term I am using to describe client-side (JavaScript) fancy formatting, sorting and other features of tabular data. Sometimes called a 'Data Grid', Data Tables is a name for systems that present data to the User Interface in a robust way without unnecessary programming.  "Unnecessary programming" is a complicated phrase.  It's good to know the frameworks (e.g. [[jQuery]]), because they're powerful and quite often in demand.  However, you should know how the underlying technology works, and sometimes that is both necessary '''and''' more in demand <ref>https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/html-table-from-json-store-using-pure-javascript-no-jquery</ref>.
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Sometimes called a 'Data Grid', Data Tables is a name for systems that present data to the User Interface in a robust way without unnecessary programming.
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==Solutions==
 
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#[https://datatables.net/ https://datatables.net/index] is a plugin for jQuery that I've used.  It's probably the #1 solution in the category. This is '''available for MediaWiki.''' DataTables is included in [https://codesearch-beta.wmcloud.org/search/?q=datatables&files=&excludeFiles=&repos= many extensions] such as '''Semantic Result Formats'''.
 
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#Steve Schwartz created [http://www.dynatable.com/ DynaTable] This is even cooler.  Best of all, it's AGPL licensed, so it's completely free software, and will remain so. This project is not incorporated into any MediaWiki extension as of April 2023.
 
  
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# https://datatables.net/index is a plugin for jQuery that I've used.  It's probably the #1 solution in the category
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# http://ajaxpatterns.org/Data_Grid is interesting, but fairly old (2010 last major edit), and doesn't even mention datatables
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# http://lazymofo.wdschools.com/ actually offers a free (MIT licensed) PHP Data Grid
 
There are other solutions that create CRUD interfaces to databases, but they're either not worth mentioning, or I haven't fully researched it.  There used to be a phpGrid that was free (GPL) software, but not now.  phpgrid.org and phpgrid.com definitely are not
 
There are other solutions that create CRUD interfaces to databases, but they're either not worth mentioning, or I haven't fully researched it.  There used to be a phpGrid that was free (GPL) software, but not now.  phpgrid.org and phpgrid.com definitely are not
  
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== See Also ==
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[[Category:Data]]
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There is an extension called DataTable2 which has nothing to do with client-side display, formatting and functionality of tabular data. The [[mediawikiwiki:Extension:DataTable2|DataTable2 extension]] in the converse of SemanticMediaWiki. It allows you to store data centrally (many records on a single page) and re-use that data on other pages. {{References}}
 
  
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Revision as of 23:44, 26 May 2015

Sometimes called a 'Data Grid', Data Tables is a name for systems that present data to the User Interface in a robust way without unnecessary programming.

  1. https://datatables.net/index is a plugin for jQuery that I've used. It's probably the #1 solution in the category
  2. http://ajaxpatterns.org/Data_Grid is interesting, but fairly old (2010 last major edit), and doesn't even mention datatables
  3. http://lazymofo.wdschools.com/ actually offers a free (MIT licensed) PHP Data Grid

There are other solutions that create CRUD interfaces to databases, but they're either not worth mentioning, or I haven't fully researched it. There used to be a phpGrid that was free (GPL) software, but not now. phpgrid.org and phpgrid.com definitely are not

PHP is the HyperText Preprocessor = the most popular programming language for the web

General Public License = A sane copyright license

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