devextreme

What is devextreme?

DevExtreme is a comprehensive suite of high-performance HTML5 and JavaScript components for responsive web development. It includes a variety of UI widgets, data visualization tools, and utilities for building modern web applications.

What are devextreme's main functionalities?

Data Grid

The Data Grid is a powerful component for displaying and editing tabular data. It supports features like sorting, filtering, grouping, and editing.

const { DataGrid } = require('devextreme-react/data-grid');

const dataSource = [
  { id: 1, name: 'John', age: 30 },
  { id: 2, name: 'Jane', age: 25 }
];

<DataGrid
  dataSource={dataSource}
  columns={['id', 'name', 'age']}
/>;

Chart

The Chart component allows you to create a wide variety of charts, including bar, line, area, and pie charts. It supports features like tooltips, legends, and animations.

const { Chart, Series } = require('devextreme-react/chart');

const dataSource = [
  { year: 2010, value: 10 },
  { year: 2011, value: 20 }
];

<Chart dataSource={dataSource}>
  <Series
    valueField="value"
    argumentField="year"
    type="bar"
  />
</Chart>;

Scheduler

The Scheduler component is used for displaying and managing appointments. It supports multiple views (day, week, month), drag-and-drop, and editing capabilities.

const { Scheduler } = require('devextreme-react/scheduler');

const appointments = [
  { text: 'Meeting', startDate: new Date(2023, 4, 23, 9, 0), endDate: new Date(2023, 4, 23, 10, 0) }
];

<Scheduler
  dataSource={appointments}
  views={['day', 'week', 'month']}
  defaultCurrentView="week"
  defaultCurrentDate={new Date(2023, 4, 23)}
/>;

Other packages similar to devextreme

ag-grid

AG Grid is a feature-rich data grid supporting major JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React, and Vue. It offers advanced features like virtual scrolling, cell editing, and custom cell rendering. Compared to DevExtreme, AG Grid is more focused on grid functionalities and offers more advanced grid features.

highcharts

Highcharts is a popular charting library that provides a wide range of chart types and is known for its performance and flexibility. It is highly customizable and supports exporting and real-time data updates. Compared to DevExtreme, Highcharts is more specialized in data visualization and offers more advanced charting options.

fullcalendar

FullCalendar is a powerful and flexible calendar component for displaying and managing events. It supports drag-and-drop, event resizing, and custom views. Compared to DevExtreme's Scheduler, FullCalendar offers more customization options and is widely used for calendar functionalities.

README

DevExtreme

Voted the best cross-platform component suite containing everything you need to create responsive web apps for touch devices and traditional desktops: data grid, interactive charts, data editors, navigation and multi-purpose widgets that are designed to look great and provide powerful functionality in any browser.

• Official website: js.devexpress.com
• Pricing: js.devexpress.com/buy
• Licensing: js.devexpress.com/licensing
• Support: www.devexpress.com/support

Download and Install

To include DevExtreme to your project, use one of the distribution packages. If you use Visual Studio, then use the Windows installer for added features like project templates. Alternatively, download a plain zip archive of just the client-side library and its widgets:

• Install from NPM
• Install via Bower
• Install from NuGet
• Windows Installer - Provides benefits for developers who use Visual Studio
• ZIP Archive

Getting Started

After installation, you can add a widget to your app. Here's a simple button example:

<div id="buttonContainer"></div>

var element = document.getElementById('buttonContainer');
var button = new DevExpress.ui.dxButton(element, { text: 'Hello World!' });

DevExtreme supports deep integration with the following client-side technologies:

• jQuery plugins
• Knockout bindings
• Angular
• React
• Vue

And server-side frameworks:

• ASP.NET MVC & ASP.NET Core

Learn

• Online Demos
• Documentation
• Examples on GitHub
• YouTube videos

Contributing

See our Guidelines for Contributing