In any industry, big brand names certainly affect the customer purchase decision, and web development is not an exception. As a vivid example, we can mention such an important aspect of any business app as data management. A web developer who needs a proper JavaScript library for this purpose may be tempted to choose time-tested ag-Grid and Handsontable components and save themselves the trouble of the time-consuming search. These tools are really useful for implementing JavaScript data tables and spreadsheets. But why limit yourself to only a couple of trendy products when there are so many alternatives on the market?
In this article, I’ve put together JavaScript tools from well-known vendors that can be used instead of Handsontable and ag-Grid for integrating both grids and spreadsheets (as well as other useful functionalities such as a pivot table) into web apps based on popular frameworks.