I am developing a web application that will display data in grid form. I need to be able to load thousands of rows quickly. I also need to be able to sort data by multiple columns and filter columns by search string. I am currently using ASP .NET MVC and Infragistics jQuery iGrid.
At the moment I am loading 1000 records and have already started to hit some performance problems.
I was originally using pagination to make the inital load quicker, however this means I need to do my sorting/filtering server side otherwise it will only sort/filter the records on that page, and not on the entire datasource.
Alternatively I can load the entire datasource into the grid (which with 1000 records takes ~20 secs to bind) and then do all sorting/filtering client side which is pretty much instantaneous.
My colleague reckons we should scrap the jQuery controls and use the ASP .NET controls instead. They are more mature and have more functionality.
Is it worth taking my colleague’s advice? Will the ASP .NET controls be faster than the jQuery controls? Should I move to a straight ASP .NET project or would it be worth trying to incorporate the ASP .NET controls into an MVC project?
I think It depends of your jQuery grid control (if it’s using JSON for paging, I think there is no performance problems).
I use two differents grids on two apps :
– Telerik RadGrid with ASP.NET, mature, with lots of options and, with a good server side code, with good performance
– My own jquery grid implementation with JSON and ASP.NET MVC on server side. Less more options but a better performance.
You cannot have good perfs without pagination, that’s the point.
The jQuery UI team will provide a new grid component in a few weeks I think. So it may be cool for you.