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Build Accurate Forms with JSON Schema Validation

April 24, 2026
Optimajet FormEngine enables real-time IDE validation and autocomplete, helping you detect issues early and improve form development.

Optimajet FormEngine is a drag-and-drop React form builder that lets teams create, manage, and render complex web forms without writing frontend code. It allows developers and business users to visually design forms, store them as JSON, and render them at runtime. As a React JS library, it easily integrates into existing applications while giving developers full control over form logic, structure, and data flow, making it well suited for complex data collection.

Optimajet FormEngine enables JSON Schema validation for forms, allowing developers to validate form JSON directly within their IDE, identify structural issues, incorrect data types, and unsupported configurations early in the development process, and enforce a consistent, well-defined structure across all forms. By providing real-time feedback, inline error highlighting, and autocomplete suggestions, it improves accuracy and reduces the need for repeated testing cycles, helping developers work more efficiently while minimizing runtime errors and ensuring more reliable form implementations.

Optimajet FormEngine is licensed based on usage type (internal commercial use, public web/SaaS, or OEM embedding), number of domains for the visual editor, and access to additional ready-made components. Licenses are perpetual and include 6 months or 1 year of updates and support. See our Optimajet FormEngine licensing page for full details.

For more information, visit our Optimajet FormEngine product page.

Improve Editing with Rich Text Support

April 21, 2026
Enable formatted input directly in data fields to make content clearer, more structured, and easier to work with.

An RTF (Rich Text Format) editor allows users to create and modify formatted text, such as bold, italics, fonts, colors, and embedded elements. This capability is particularly useful in applications where descriptive or user-generated content must retain presentation alongside data, such as CMS platforms, reporting tools, or enterprise data grids. By integrating rich text editing at the component level, it enables more expressive data entry, reduces the need for external editors, and ensures formatting consistency when storing and rendering content across systems.

Several React data editor collections include RTF (rich text format) functionality, including:

  • DevExtreme React Data Editors (part of DevExtreme Complete) facilitates formatted text input and consistent handling of styled content in applications.
  • KendoReact Data Editors (part of by KendoReact Telerik) enables formatted text entry and clear representation of content within application data fields.
  • Sencha Ext JS supports structured text formatting and consistent display of rich content in applications.
  • JQWidgets incorporates formatted input and improves how text content is captured and rendered.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of React data editors.

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Track Key Metrics with Real-Time Gauge Insights

April 17, 2026
Present key data with gauge charts that clearly show current values and make it easy to spot changes and trends over time.

Gauge charts are data visualizations that display a single value within a defined range, making it easy to understand status or progress at a glance. Often styled like a speedometer, they show where a value sits between minimum and maximum thresholds, using color to indicate different levels. This provides clear, immediate insight without detailed analysis. Key benefits include quick understanding, intuitive design, and strong visual emphasis on limits or targets. Gauge charts are commonly used in dashboards to track KPIs, monitor targets, show completion percentages, or highlight key metrics in a simple and effective way.

Several React charting components also offer gauges, including:

  • DevExtreme React Chart (part of DevExtreme Complete by DevExpress) lets you create responsive gauge charts that display values within ranges, helping visualize thresholds.
  • Highcharts Core allows you to build interactive gauge charts with smooth animations and custom styling to present key values in an intuitive format.
  • FusionCharts Suite XT facilitates rich gauge charts with clear indicators and flexible configurations, making it easy to communicate values and ranges visually.
  • JSCharting lets you design versatile gauge charts that highlight data within defined limits, supporting clear visual feedback and easy interpretation.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our comparison of React chart components.

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Add QR Features to Enterprise Apps

April 8, 2026
Sencha Ext JS v8.0 adds built-in QR code reading and generation to simplify data sharing and mobile workflows within complex web applications.

Sencha Ext JS is an enterprise-focused JavaScript framework for building complex, data-intensive web applications, particularly business software such as dashboards, admin systems, reporting tools, and other large-scale user interfaces. It provides a broad library of prebuilt components, including grids, charts, forms, layouts, and data handling features, along with supporting tools for theming, testing, and application development, which helps teams create consistent, cross-platform applications more efficiently. In practice, Ext JS is best known for its strong support for rich user interfaces and large datasets, making it a good fit for organisations that need robust, maintainable front-end applications rather than lightweight websites.

The Sencha Ext JS v8.0 update adds QR Code Reader/Generator functionality that lets developers generate and read QR codes directly within applications across both the Modern and Classic toolkits. It supports use cases such as payments, data sharing, contact exchange, calendar events, geolocation, phone and SMS, email, and Wi-Fi configurations, while also providing rendering options including SVG, Canvas, and PNG, plus image download, clipboard copy, preview, responsive sizing, customization, and input sanitization. The result is a built-in way to add QR code barcode capabilities to enterprise applications with broad format support and flexible configuration.

To see a full list of what's new in v8.0, see our release notes.

Sencha Ext JS is available in Pro, Enterprise and Ultimate editions, as Annual Subscription Licenses. See our Sencha Ext JS licensing page for full details.

For more information, see our Sencha Ext JS product page.

Visualize Geographic Data in Real-Time

April 1, 2026
Use map visualizations to explore geographic data, uncover patterns, and monitor activity in real time within modern applications and dashboards.

Map components allow developers to embed interactive, location-based data visualizations into applications and dashboards. By presenting data in a geographic context, they make it easier to identify patterns, monitor activity, and support faster decision-making. With features like real-time updates, data layering, and interactive navigation, maps are commonly used for tracking regional performance, visualizing logistics and routes, and monitoring live or spatial data within modern dashboards.

Several React UI suites provide map controls including:

  • DevExpress Dxperience lets you integrate interactive maps into dashboards, enabling geographic data visualization, region-based analysis, and real-time spatial insights.
  • Telerik DevCraft UI allows you to embed customizable map components, supporting geospatial data rendering, interactive navigation, and location-driven insights.
  • Infragistics Ignite UI facilitates high-performance geographic mapping, enabling real-time data plotting, layered visualizations, and rich interactivity for advanced analytics.
  • Syncfusion Essential Studio UI Component Suite lets you incorporate feature-rich maps, delivering scalable geospatial visualization, customizable layers, and intuitive exploration.

For an in-depth analysis of features and price, visit our React chart controls comparison.

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