An evaluation of HTML5 components for web-based manipulation of tabular data

Abstract: HTML5 is a promising technology that is on its way to becoming a standard for the web. Companies that have built their web application components using plugins now have to move to a entirely new JavaScript environment. One such component is data grids or tables and will be the focus of this report. In this report I present a proposal for evaluation criteria for tabular components in JavaScript frameworks. Using these criteria, grid components in some of the market leading frameworks are evaluated. Further I will for one of these frameworks present a test implementation and performance test focusing on load time with and without UI Virtualization.