There are so many free JQuery Grid plugins out there, in that I liked FlexiGrid just because of it’s look and style. In order to use it in your MVC application you may have to put the Javascript code into your view, which requires the property names of your model in order to generates the Grid columns as well the search options etc… as everybody knows when you deal with hard coded string as the property names in any code, it is error prone.
In order to avoid this problem I thought of creating a html extension which is tightly coupled with your data that is going to bound to the Grid. Which helps the developer from writing any javascript codes(I know those who hates(not me! 
) writing Javascript code like this extension).
This project has been uploaded to – http://code.google.com/p/mvc-fluent-jquery-plugin-controls/. You could find more details from there.
My name is Rajeesh, I live in a place called Kerala one of the beautiful state of India with full of greeneries. Currently I am working for RM ESI as Development Lead. I love to share my knowledge and eager to learn new things from others. Apart from these technical things, I play badminton, Cricket and even take photos using my Nikon D60.
Hi Rajeesh,
I like what I see so far of the asp.net helper. However I have chosen to use StringTemplate (string-template-view-engine-mvc) instead of the default ViewEngine. This has a lot more restrictions on it compared to the default – but I want to ensure strict View separation.
This means I am having difficulty integrating your helper into my code.
Is there any chance you can create a version that doesn’t require a HtmlHelper as a parameter and will just return a string?
I greatly appreciate the work you have done!
Hi Sameer,
I haven’t tried the string template view engine before, but I will give a try and see whether I could make the helper a view engine independent. Which I think it is important as latest MVC is distributing few other view engines out of the box.
Thanks,
Rajeesh
Awesome. Thanks Rajeesh.
I have a question about the current code however. On http://www.nowiamin.com/ you have some sample code for the controller.
In that code you reference a object called “this.employees..AsQueryable();”. Can I ask what “this.employees” is?
Hi Rajeesh. I figured it out. It was an IList correct?
@Sameer
Yes, you figured it out correctly. In that example it is a list. Please look into the full source code of that example from here http://code.google.com/p/mvc-fluent-jquery-plugin-controls/source/browse/trunk/src/MVCControl.JQuery.Plugins/Demo/Controllers/HomeController.cs