Why You Will Never Give Up Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets have been around since 1962; this post looks at why business users keep choosing them, what they do badly, and where they are heading.
Notes from the lab
4 Ways to Handle Read-only Cells
How to lock data in Handsontable with the readOnly option, applied to the whole grid, to columns, to rows or to individual cells.
Why Outsourcing Is Important for Your Startup
Why outsourcing helps an early-stage startup, the steps to follow, where to find freelancers, and which work to keep in-house.
Easy Ways to Sort Different Types of Data in Your App
How to sort Handsontable columns that hold currencies, heights, weights, distances and areas by writing a custom sortFunction.
The Most Common Causes of Failed Open-Source Software Projects
Nobody has ever achieved success without making some mistakes, and writing off a few failures.
Expand Your App with Cell Dependencies
How to make one Handsontable cell depend on another, with examples driven by checkboxes, select lists, dates and cell content.
A Complete Guide to Changing the Size of Handsontable
How to size Handsontable to your layout with fixed width and height, fixed width only, or no dimensions at all, and how each option scrolls.
5 Successful Business Models for Web-Based Open-Source Projects
Five business models that fund web-based open-source projects, from professional services and SaaS to open core and proprietary licensing.
3 Ways to Hide Rows in Handsontable
Three ways to hide rows in Handsontable while keeping them in the data set, with the pros and cons of each method.
What to Expect When Switching from Open-Source to Commercial
There is no handbook to guide you should you ever decide to move your software product from open-source to a commercial model.
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