Notes from the lab

Handsontable Pro 1.16.0 (CE 0.36.0) released

Handsontable Pro 1.16.0 and CE 0.36.0 add non-contiguous selection of cells and ranges, new selection API methods and an ES6 PersistentState.

Handsontable Pro 1.15.1 and CE 0.35.1 add a German translation, limit numericFormat to output data, and fix several small bugs.

How to validate cell input in Handsontable in three steps: select the target cells, set the rules, and decide what happens to invalid entries.

Finance chiefs told their staff to stop using Excel; this post looks at why spreadsheets persist and when they stop being the right tool.

InsightsDec 14, 2017

Handsontable Pro 1.15.0 and CE 0.35.0 let you translate the messages of every plugin into any language and rename the locale options.

How to choose a JavaScript framework for your next project in 2018, and how to judge whether it will still be maintained a few years from now.

InsightsNov 30, 2017

How to add custom keyboard shortcuts to Handsontable that turn text into a link, change text color, validate a cell or insert a comment.

Ten Google Sheets techniques, from heatmap formatting and TRIM and CLEAN to importing data, translating text, sparklines and validation rules.

InsightsNov 16, 2017

There is no official definition of a startup, so this post looks at the exit, headcount and mindset tests for when a startup stops being one.

InsightsOct 31, 2017

How to bind Handsontable data to Chart.js, keep the chart in sync as cells change, and draw sparklines inside grid cells.

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