DHTMLX Blog - Gantt

Gantt vs Timeline: Differences, Use Cases, and Implementation Insights

by Maria

February 7, 2017

7 min read

Updated on May 5, 2026. In project management, the term "timeline" has become a universal concept referring to various tools for visualizing activities over time. When someone says that "our app needs a timeline", it may not necessarily mean a timeli...

D3 Gantt Charts vs DHTMLX Gantt

by Maria

January 10, 2017

5 min read

Presenting data in visual form allows absorbing information better. Different types of sophisticated lists, schedules, or measurements can be more understandable if we turn them into the charts or infographics. But when we tal...

Using DHTMLX Gantt Chart with ASP.NET and REST API

by Maria

November 25, 2016

11 min read

Today, we'll talk about creating a Gantt chart application with ASP.NET and REST API on the server-side. We will make use of ASP.NET MVC 5 web platform and Web API 2 Controller for REST API to create a Gantt application. To or...

Lead and Lag, or What You Need to Know about Auto Scheduling in Gantt

by Maria

October 28, 2016

8 min read

Updated on June 13, 2023. The importance of automating the behavior of a project schedule increases manifold as the project’s complexity grows. By saying “complex”, we don’t necessarily mean the overall quantity of tasks that your project consists of. ...

Accessibility in Your Web Applications

by Maria

September 14, 2016

4 min read

Following up our recent update of dhtmlxGantt and its new features, we'd like to provide you quite useful information about the necessity of accessibility support in your web applications. Adaptability and flexibility of mo...

dhtmlxGantt 4.1: Full Accessibility Support and Performance Improvements

by Maria

September 1, 2016

3 min read

Let's begin the Autumn days with a new Gantt version 4.1 that brings us some cool and significant updates: Keyboard Navigation WAI-ARIA support High-contrast themes Updated Auto Scheduling and Critical Path...

What Is Critical Path Method and Why It’s Important

by Maria

August 26, 2016

7 min read

Updated on February 28, 2023. When developers are looking for an appropriate js Gantt chart for their project management application, they have a list of “must-have” features that should be included. This article will be useful for developers who need to u...

Export and import from MS Project in DHTMLX Gantt Chart

by Maria

June 20, 2016

2 min read

What if we told you that export to/import from MS Project is available in dhtmlxGantt? "Finally!" would be a pretty fair reaction of many users. So now you are able to import and export a Gantt Chart from MS Project as easy as...

Integrating Gantt with PHP using REST API, Slim and MySQL

by Maria

May 31, 2016

9 min read

If you're starting a new project in PHP, you'd probably won't build it from scratch but will use some framework instead. Whether you use Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter or any other framework, each of them provides its own me...

Maintenance Release: dhtmlxGantt 4.0.10 and dhtmlxScheduler 4.3.35 [PRO]

by Maria

May 26, 2016

3 min read

Gantt chart and Scheduler libraries are updated to the most stable versions. Due to your feedback we were able to fix multiple issues and provide these fixes to all our customers. Below you'll find a full list of fixes and imp...