Over cooked
Over cooked
FlySpray316
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after spending 2 days on this, I've come to the conclusion the entire datatables thing is just over engineered.
you guys should seriously consider making this more applicable by bring it back to basics.
Anyone wanting to make a serious web app with a degree of complexity beyond your local school pin up, should consider alternatives. moved to remake this from scratch, and saved a tonne of time and effort.
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I'd very much welcome some feedback on what you found difficult?
Allan
I am a user of Datatables and Editor and not in any way associated with SpryMedia.
No, what is the benefit of just having the basics? I can do the basics myself! I need something that will more or less cover all of my use cases! Many other solutions just cover the basics. If you want the basics just use those - or code it all yourself.
5 years ago I was tempted to hire a front end developer to help me build my business application packages because I had zero experience with modern front end development. Thanks to Editor and Datatables I could do it all myself, my users love it and I saved a lot of money. Recently Editor made another significant step forward: The introduction of field type "datatable" really closed a gap and helped me a lot in building my latest application package.
Your use case seems to be rather simple. Good for you but not applicable to most Datatables and Editor users.
After spending 2 days on this, I've come to the conclusion that the entire Ferrari thing is just over engineered.
I was moved to remake it from scratch, getting back to basics, and saved a tonne of time and effort.
My version is called the Robin Reliant.
@tangerine
Great stuff! I really like the Reliant Robin and I am considering getting one
But first I would need to get rid of my BMW Isetta. A real treasure: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_Isetta#/media/Datei:Isettarueckansicht.jpg
Don't know why BMW is selling all of those over engineered cars these days. The Isetta was just great. It had the nick name "pothole search device" because the rear wheels where so close together that all 4 wheels would cover the entire lane you were driving in: You were sure not to miss any pothole on the road!
That's probably over engineered, too.