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React-data sheet, Excel-like spreadsheet component

Shown by nadimisl on Apr 4, 2017. Click the card to turn it over.

345points

89comments

#52of 2,242 in 2017

Top 3%of 2017 by points

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MixedNo clear lean

4 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.

Performance: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against

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Spreadsheets in the browser are a bad idea and scope creep is huge
From 2 comments
- Anytime I see something that looks like Excel on the web, I cringe. Unless you are Microsoft or Google and you are putting spreadsheets on a website (SoW), you are almost…
  csours on HN
- This covers 80% of Excel uses, but the rest 20% would take 1000% of the time to implement.
  fiatjaf on HN
Not built for large datasets
From 1 comment
- Definitely not meant for large datasets. I've tried it with about 100rows and pagination. I would work with react-virtualized for datasets that large
  nadimisl on HN
Keyboard does not open on Android, demos read-only on mobile
From 1 comment
- Looks nice, but the keyboard doesn't come up on mobile (Android), so all the demos are unfortunately read-only.
  matthuggins on HN
Possible patent concerns
From 1 comment
- Looks beautiful!! But, I can just imagine running this one by the patent attorneys as an open source library to include in our product.
  euroclydon on HN

Support for large datasets and virtualization
From 2 comments
- Any data on how this performs on large datasets? I've previously found that most web based data grids get extremely slow on larger data sets in BI applications (100k+ rows)
  hultner on HN
- I have spent way too much time building grid components at my company, and I've found that if you have (1) a lot of data, (2) a dense grid, and (3) a grid that occupies most of…
  georgewfraser on HN
Better mobile keyboard support
From 1 comment
- Looks nice, but the keyboard doesn't come up on mobile (Android), so all the demos are unfortunately read-only.
  matthuggins on HN

How does it perform on large datasets?
From 1 comment
- Any data on how this performs on large datasets? I've previously found that most web based data grids get extremely slow on larger data sets in BI applications (100k+ rows)
  hultner on HN
Does it recalculate the whole grid on each change?
From 1 comment
- Nice! Looks really polished! One thing I'm wondering about... if this is React based, do you reassign and recalculate the whole grid upon every change? Because the grid is…
  captainmuon on HN

Handsontable
From 2 comments
- If you can productize this, then you can potentially build a business around this. The most feature filled spreadsheet component today is Handsontable. My company pays for the…
  sandGorgon on HN
- What's wrong with Handsontable? It looks pretty good to me.
  rudiger on HN
react-virtualized
From 1 comment
- React Virtualized is also great: http://www.reactvirtualized.com We (Metabase) switched from FixedDataTable to React Virtualized and are happier with it. The only major issue…
  tlrobinson on HN
Kendo UI Spreadsheet
From 1 comment
- Take a look at Kendo Spreadsheet too: http://demos.telerik.com/kendo-ui/spreadsheet/index (bias alert: I'm part of the team) It's not free, but IMO it's the most Excel-like…
  mishoo on HN
fixed-data-table-2
From 1 comment
- I am working with two separate clients that need excel spreadsheet functionality in a browser. I evaluated all of the existing open source projects (this wasnt available at the…
  misiti3780 on HN
ag-grid
From 1 comment
- This looks really great, and I've got an immediate use for something like this. I've been using ag-grid for presentation of grid-based data, but this looks ideal for…
  uptown on HN