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I was developing a very simple application that contains two gridviews with some buttons and paging/sorting/filtering requirements. I recently learned MVC and really willing to give it a go for this project but I was on a tight deadline. Business needed a project ready in production within a week. No big deal provided it was a simple application. Fetch some data from database, display in two grids and once processed change status values. I started coding in MVC but really struggled without proper controls to use and need to revert to webforms.
Do you use any third party controls while coding data intensive MVC application ? What if company is not willing to invest in any third party controls ?
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Grid.MVC[^]
Pretty poor compared to the Web Forms controls (although, with some effort, it works ok)) but I think, if you're willing to pay, some of the larger third party control makers have some good stuff. Maybe look at Infragistics.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
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MVC is a framework - route maps for instance to enforce separation of logic.
If you want GUI components, try devexpress or infragistics, they are leading vendors
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DevExpress, Infragistics, Syncfusion, Telerik -- take your pick. 
Marc
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When you switch to a newer framework, don't try to use it as an older framework. It's not the MVC that is making this difficult, it's the over dependency on the gridview (Just look at the QA section filled with gridview questions).
You need just one controller action with 3 parameters. It is little bit extra work. But once you implement it, you get much cleaner and faster gridview. (But I guess you already did)
Once you get familiar with MVC, you will not miss these rich controls. Instead you will like the freedom of creating your own controls, and your application will stand out from the crowd.
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How about output the grid data as a html table or as JSON data http://datatables.net/[^]?
(it's what we do here! ^^)
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For MVC, there're tons of jQuery plugins out there. You could use those. Check this site for jquery plugins, www.jquery4u.com[^]
I did use this one jTable[^] developed by Codeproect member. And this plugin is very good.
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Two hours to go, the phone is silent, and I have a boring list of report formatting requests...time to break out the Bose QCs and rock out...starting with 'Diary of a Madman' then 'Blizzard of Ozz'! That should have me plenty amped up for quitting time! Happy weekend fellow coders!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Only about 45 minutes left for me. I'm cutting out a bit early today. It's been quite a long week. Happy weekend!
djj55: Nice but may have a permission problem
Pete O'Hanlon: He has my permission to run it.
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kmoorevs wrote: 'Diary of a Madman'
Great song (fine album too) , though I still miss Randy. 
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I got a new box yesterday. It has bells and whistles in abundance. It also has a 27" screen. Love it. 
The rest of the developers have been displaying a little hardware envy.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I still have the 24" from the old machine but 27" looks huge.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Ah, well that is very cool. 
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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I'd add the 24 as well if I could - in portrait mode. I have 2 by 22", one landscape and one portrait, and the portrait one is perfect for browsing, because you can get a whole page (or often a whole article) on screen at once. The landscape is VS territory! And woe betide any app which tried to encroach...except Excel, of course... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Lucky you! I am starting to get the itch for something new...current system is a little over 5 years old, but still quite good. It's a good excuse for housekeeping. One of the objectives on the next build is to bring down the noise level. I'm also starting to consider a nice laptop instead of another tower. You can get a lot for your money these days.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Pictures or it didn't happen!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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My new PC[^]
Yes, I need a shave...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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/ravi
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Sweet, I just got a Dell XPS 15 about a month ago, and it's been an awesome development laptop. The 3200x1800 QHD touchscreen is amazing. 
There are some nice 27" monitors out there. I've had my eye on [^] for my wife as she does a a lot of video editing. We just need to crank through some contracts to get some more money flowing in.
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That is the only trivial nudge I have: the video is onboard so I can only get 1920X1080. I may have to buy my own video card to reclaim more screen real estate, sort of. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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And, so now: you are not going to tell us the screamin' hardware specs so we can share the envy ?
Tease !
“The best hope is that one of these days the Ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away ~ leaving people with nothing more to stand ON than what they have so bloody well stood FOR up to now.” Kenneth Patchen, Poet
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i7-4770, 3,4Ghz.
16gb RAM
1TB hard disk.
Not really that special until you compare it to the ancient door stop I have been using.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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