Re: [web2py] Re: javascript/jquery advice

2011-03-10 Thread Richard Vézina
There is server-side processing available with DataTables... But PowerTables is not implementing it. >From Datatables doc and forum, no server-side processing is needed below 5000 rows after it is suggested to pass to server-side processing. I found that the initialisation of datatables could imp

[web2py] Re: javascript/jquery advice

2011-03-10 Thread Ross Peoples
I tried using DataTables a year or two ago for a project, but I ended up needing to use jqgrid because with DataTables, you had to load all of your table entries into the HTML at once. When you have 30 items or so, this isn't a big deal, but I had to deal with about 10,000 records, so loading a

[web2py] Re: javascript/jquery advice

2011-03-10 Thread Anthony
For grid stuff, also check out Bruno's excellent PowerTable plugin: http://powertable.blouweb.com/ https://bitbucket.org/rochacbruno/powertable On Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:29:31 AM UTC-5, spyker wrote: > I am starting to learn javascript and am thinking of using more jquery and > jquery UI

[web2py] Re: javascript/jquery advice

2011-03-10 Thread Ross Peoples
I would read a few short tutorials on JavaScript before jumping into jQuery. It is important to understand things like dictionaries, as nearly every jQuery UI component requires you to pass a dictionary of arguments. Working with jQuery is much different than working with regular JavaScript, so