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Alright it only took a couple all nighters, a few pizzas, some sushi, a bunch of beer, focus, a blog fight with some analysts, lots of espresso, muffins and a weekend marathon but the long awaited Grid 3.2 is ready to roll:

Nitobi Grid V3.2 (September 20, 2006)

• Separated data sources from rendering, creating 6 distinct modes of operation:

• LiveScrolling Ajax
• LiveScrolling Local
• Paging Ajax
• Paging Local
• ShowAll Ajax
• ShowAll Local

Added ShowAll mode - Perform a single get on the data and render it all at once. Useful if all the the data is needed at once for JavaScript operations.

Improved loadtime performance ~100%. Grids appear more quickly on the screen.

Added new editors: Image, checkbox, link, password

Improved CSS styles for less parent-style intrusion. * Nitobi namespace replaces deprecated EBA one. “EBA” becomes “NTB”.

Added static databinding features

• Client-side sorting
• In-document xml data islands

Extended the Nitobi Framework The Nitobi Framework is the underlying toolkit that supports our components. It will soon be available as a standalone component, but can be accessed now when using the Grid. Some of the components which have been added to the API documentation are:

• Event Manager - Standardizes cross-browser DOM events. Provides a simple JavaScript publish/subscribe event pattern that can be used for general event notifications.
• Data Table - A complete client-side dataset object alowing easy synchronizing between client-side and remote datasets.
• Callback - Developers can now use the native Grid cross-browser transport method to perform their own Ajax callbacks. Its no longer necessary to use a 3rd party Ajax frameworks to do Ajax transport when using Grid.
• Cross-browser XML/XSLT Libraries - Perform XSL transforms on xml documents with full cross-browser support using the Grid’s native xml library.
• Documentation - Added the framework to the public documentation so the component methods can be used by developers in their own applications external to Grid.
• Cross-browser DOM Toolkit - Access the native Grid DOM library. Supports things like outerHTML, dimensional positioning.

Nitobi Knowledgebase - Whats New in Grid V3

Alexei really busted his ass to build 9 new Ajax samples with code and explanations to help develoers get started:

• Basic Grid Demo
• Live Scrolling Mode
• Paging Mode
• ShowAll Mode
• Remote Data
• Static Data
• Master - Detail
• Editors
• Copy and Paste

Ok enough with the blogging, go download it! Please send me any feedback you have!

Thanks again for your patience, understanding and support!  I’ll put a screencast highlighting the new features up soon…

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