WEBIX BLOG

Welcome to the overview, in which we’ll take a closer look at JavaScript UI libraries that offer ready-made interface components – tables, forms, charts, calendars, and other building blocks. All these pre-made widgets are of great help when we want to assemble web applications faster. I intentionally narrowed the focus of this article – we’ll not be touching large application frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue, because they solve a different set of problems and define the overall architecture rather than individual UI elements.

TL;DR: Reviewed and compared five best MIT-licensed open-source JavaScript Gantt charts – DHTMLX Gantt Community Edition, SVAR React Gantt, Frappe Gantt, gantt-task-react, and ngx-gantt – outlining their strengths, limitations, and ideal use cases.

What’s the secret behind the success of AI-powered development? Well, for starters, they make development faster, remove a lot of routine work, and give you more room to experiment.

But even with all that convenience, they still have one built-in limitation: they depend on static training data. Once a model is trained, it stops learning on its own – it won’t magically notice new widgets, API changes, or configuration updates. So even when an assistant sounds perfectly confident, there’s a good chance it’s pulling its answer from an older snapshot of reality.

Today, we are excited to introduce Webix 11.4, bringing a fresh wave of enhancements and upgrades across the library. This release delivers new features in Core, Kanban, and Rich Text Editor – with the SpreadSheet widget as the main highlight, as it comes with major updates to both functionality and APIs. No time to waste – let’s take a detailed look at what’s new.

TL;DR: This article includes detailed performance metrics and interactive demos that showcase rendering speed, DOM stability, scrolling smoothness, and real-world usage scenarios. Webix Grid stays fast and responsive even with massive datasets and real-time updates. Its efficient rendering and stable performance make it a reliable choice for data-heavy apps.

Webix 11.3 is here bursting with updates! In this release, we introduced Core enhancements, exciting new features in Rich Text Editor, as well as extensive improvements across the library. Optimized rendering for touch devices and smarter Colorboard in Core, Markdown support and customizable context menu in Rich Text Editor, and much more. Below, we’ll go through all the key upgrades in detail.

Selecting the right Data Grid for your app ensures both – robust performance and a better user experience. Today, we are going to check out which JS Data Grids are ranked highly by users all over the world as reliable and handy tools for aggregating and managing large datasets.

Let’s welcome Webix 11.2! We are happy to share with you a fresh round of updates, inspired by modern development trends and insightful user feedback. This release brings core enhancements that improve Webix Grid usability, major updates to SpreadSheet, new functionality in Gantt, and refinements throughout the library. No need to wait – let’s move directly to exploring new features!

Today, we’d like to walk you through a real-world use case: transforming data from Webix SpreadSheet into Pivot Table. You’ll learn how to integrate two advanced widgets to implement more complex scenarios in your application.

Webix 11.1 is out! This time we are very excited to present to you a new Webix widget – Rich Text Editor. We have worked really hard to design a convenient tool that will open advanced opportunities for our users and help them extend the functionality of their projects. We also updated and enhanced our complex widgets with new features – File Manager, Document Manager, SpreadSheet, Scheduler, Diagram, ToDo, Gantt and User Manager. Let’s now go further and take a closer look at all the updates.