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This is huge. I’ve been looking for a way to easily use a spreadsheet interface for data intensive applications, and was starting to look at making API calls from the Google Sheets API. This would be much better.

What is the timing for adding formulas / calculations?

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Hi, I don't have an exact timeline yet. If you are looking for simple calculations, you can try this workaround - https://rowsncolumns.app/docs/formula

Do note that this wont scale for larger applications. You would not want to calculate formulas everytime during render.

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I really like the prospect of "pluggable" formula parsers. I've thought many times about the possibilities of custom formula languages.

Imagine populating the table using a graphql query to the backend for example. Not sure if that would make sense as a formula by itself but I can see that there are many nice possibilities here.

Yes. If you are able to write custom formulas and async handlers for these formulas, I think this is certainly possible.

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