jQuery Grid Plugin

We have just started the project migrating away from the Infragistics grids to jqGrid, and we would be HAPPY to pay for support. I think it is important to know some smaller companies can only afford $25 maybe $50. While other larger software companies would gladly pay $100-$200. Once we prove that we can migrate to jqGrid, we plan on making a “donation” of $250.

I prefer ExtJs. I am forced to use JQuery for my job. jqGrid is one of the few bright spots for me in using JQuery. I too am happy to pay for support if/when needed. I would also like to contribute some modules. I would rather you get paid for the support of them than to deal with it myself I am also happy that there is a way for you to get paid for your efforts on a wonderful project and keep it open source at the same time. Thanks for you contribution of this project and I hope the support model works out well for you.

This is without no doubt a professional plug-in. I think it’s a shame that no one ever gave you a small fee, considering that most of that people probably used the plug-in in commercial projects (in other words probably they gained money using your plug-in and gave you nothing back) …

This package is so important to the success of my project that I would certainly be willing to pay. Never would I have been able to learn javascript and jQuery well enough to have done this myself (which is why I am nnot contributing code) and it is hard to have a professional web-app now without it. More than that, your help on specific problems has always been greatly appreciated.

It is unfortunate that people are not more willing to donate for ‘free’ software. I do so regularly, and had looked for a donate button here. We are all software developers, and most if not all are getting paid for that. We should take care of those who put so much effort into making our jobs easier. The software is free but Tony’s dedicated work is not.

Give me a way to donate or buy paid support and I will. I only found this plugin yesterday and have accomplished so much that I want to give something for all the work it has saved me.

And I forgot to mention that this is surely the best-documented web component I have ever seen. It should serve as a model to the jQuery core team. Perhaps they should hire you, Tony.

I just want to say thanks for all your hard work. I love this plugin. Very easy to use, and extremely intuitive!

I agree with donb on the documentation. This is without a doubt one of the best documented pieces of software, better than most commercial software.

Tony, put up the donate button!

This grid rocks! We are using it for our new greenbill.com app.
We would be happy to pay for a support deal.

I work for a federal government department, so we cannot “donate” to a project – however purchasing support for a product (whether open-source or closed-source) is possible …

I ‘m so glad to give you some support.jqGrid really help me alot in my past work.
This is without no doubt a great plug-in. Thanks!

Hi,

Main futures of my site are ajax tables with hidden keys and on-row click functions. It would be interesting if you can make the same futures in jgrid.

Kind Regards,
Jack

I discovered your project while looking for some information relating to the Flexgrid project http://www.webplicity.net/flexigrid/ (using that in my site now but need to extend a few bits)

That project and yours are very very similar, there is a large amount of feature overlap, and I suspect code as well. Unfortunately I have a feeling Flexgrid may be losing some momentum and I suggested in their forums http://groups.google.com/group/flexigrid that they perhaps consider joining or partnering with you. The combined communities
would provide more momentum than either one on it’s own.

Tony:

I don’t know what the licensing rules are in the open source world, but it would seem that you should be able to have a “Professional” release and an open source release. Perhaps additional features rolled out in the professional, or just a level of support. The problem with paid support is that one only pays for it when it is necessary and it might discourage open forums.

Any way, given the problems of donations in you home land, you seem to be in a conundrum.

Matthew

Tony:
Your plug-in is great !
Also in my view it has much in common with FlexiGrid, that is great too but not documented at all ! I would make a donation if I would have the chance. Please, consider exchanging your knowledge with flexigrid team: the community need it ! I’m a Domino developer and I can assure you that it is a nightmare when it comes to display reports on the web. I’ve downloaded your plug-in hoping that it will help me.
Ciao
Andrea

I will pay for support or donation. This plugin is God sent. Love it love it love it!!! Thanks Tony.

I will be using this plug-in for a corporate intranet site I am developing. Paid support or a donation is certainly reasonable in exchange for this great product. When such an option becomes available, I will do my best to see some money gets sent your way.

Where is the roadmap?

Roadmap is here: http://www.trirand.com/blog/?page_id=18/jqgrid-roadmap/jqgrid-34-roadmap/page-1

Tony,

I would gladly contribute to the project (just small stuff, but it’s a start!) if it would be accessible from GitHub (http://www.github.com) – I have all my code there and I really like the model which makes it dead easy for anyone to contribute.

Where can I susbcribe to the paid support? I am starting to use Jqgrid and want to contribute. If more poeple like us could pay just $10, you were rich, and well rewarded for your terrific piece of software. I am a freelance developer for 25 years so far, happy to work alone, not belonging to a huge company, but I wont lose my house if I contribute with $10 for every piece of good code I use or reuse! Regards form Argentina.

Zdrasti ot Германия.

After spending some time over flexigrid i gave up due to the “bad” documentation. I love the documentation quality of jquery grid. This is an amazing piece of work. I just started implementing a wrapper to use the jquery grid in a java server based approach with echo3. The roadmap is very promising and as soon as my wrapper works I will “donate”.

PS: Iam missing a bug tracker like “Jira” or “Trac”. Why don’t you grab a free open source license? If you like i will help you with it.