Keep or replace SlickGrid in v4?

[gabalafou]

We need to do some research about whether we want to continue using SlickGrid for v4 of Bokeh, or whether we want to swap it out for another library.

A few considerations:

• We do not want to implement our own data table (too much work) (however, we may want to implement a simple table component)
• What does Panel use?
• How does the accessibility of other packages compare to SlickGrid?

Some related issues:

• Upgrade slickgrid to version 5.x #13423
• Add a tool for previewing data sources #14376

[philippjfr]

In Panel we support both the SlickGrid and Tabulator. My plan was to remove the SlickGrid table in Panel 2.0 since it looks and feels outdated.

[gabalafou]

Ah, super helpful, thanks for that info, @philippjfr

[bryevdv]

I'm perfectly willing to believe there are better options than SlickGrid these days, and 4.0 would be the right time to make a switch. But the overriding consideration is that it will take a non-trivial amount of effort to replace SlickGrid, and ideally that effort starts with a considerable lead time so that as many of the inevitable kinks that turn up can be hammered out.

So, first question, really: is there anyone actually interested in undertaking this that also actually expects to be able to devote the significant time and effort that it will require? @bokeh/dev