To WebGrid or not to WebGrid...what is the answer?

asp.net-mvc asp.net-mvc-3 webgrid
jsteve81 picture jsteve81 · Feb 9, 2011 · Viewed 19.1k times · Source

I'm reading and hearing some pain points and am wondering if I should even go that route. Not to mention, I cannot seem to find any definitive documentation (from Microsoft). If you say I shouldn't use it, what route would you suggest? I'm trying to get a new site off the ground, but I want to do it right the first time.

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JasCav picture JasCav · Mar 4, 2011

I would say you should choose to use WebGrid if you are looking to quickly and easily display data and not have to rely on any external libraries. However, if you're looking for a fully-featured grid, I would not go with WebGrid right now. There are difficulties in applying styles and doing more advanced aspects that are available in other popular web grid libraries.

As for my opinion on what you should use - if WebGrid does not meet your needs, check out jqGrid. It's a very popular package and works amazingly well and is fairly easy to setup and run.

If you would like more documentation on WebGrid, check out Microsoft's ASP.NET MVC 3 tutorial site.

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