title: Adding a Resource View/Gannt chart to jQuery Fullcalendar
body: <p>I am using <a href="http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/" rel="noreferrer">jQuery Fullcalendar</a> and if you're not using it I suggest you do too because it is absolutely fantastic at what it does!</p>
  
  <p>However to be <strong>really</strong> useful to me and my project (<a href="http://code.google.com/p/fullcalendar/issues/detail?id=150&amp;colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Milestone%20Summary%20Stars" rel="noreferrer">and many others</a>) I honestly believe it needs a resource/gannt view.</p>
  
  <p>Not a problem one would think... until you look under the hood of jQuery FullCalendar and see that the way it generates it's views is not for javascript developer wannabes... ie me.</p>
  
  <p>Having realised this is out of my league I had to go searching elsewhere looking for any calendar/scheduler that will provide a resource view.</p>
  
  <p>Here are three proprietary calendars that promise this feature.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><a href="http://java.daypilot.org/" rel="noreferrer">http://java.daypilot.org/</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxScheduler/index.shtml" rel="noreferrer">http://www.dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxScheduler/index.shtml</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://web2cal.com/ajaxeventscalendar/calendar-demo/912-premium-demo/157-scheduler-view" rel="noreferrer">http://web2cal.com/ajaxeventscalendar/calendar-demo/912-premium-demo/157-scheduler-view</a></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Unfortunately both <em>daypilot</em> and <em>dhtmlxscheduler</em> lack the clean and clear interface that FullCalendar achieves so well and <em>web2cal</em> just looks and feels unfinished and is still in Beta.</p>
  
  <p>Alternatively I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I could integrate a jQuery Gannt chart with jquery fullcalendar.</p>
  
  <p>I have found a few projects that look promising</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.maro-z.com/examples/jquery.gantt/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.maro-z.com/examples/jquery.gantt/</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://code.google.com/p/jquery-gantt/" rel="noreferrer">http://code.google.com/p/jquery-gantt/</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://github.com/thegrubbsian/jquery.ganttView" rel="noreferrer">http://github.com/thegrubbsian/jquery.ganttView</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I have looked into how fullcalendar generates its views and so far have not had any success in extending this to provide a container for one of these gannt charts to 'sit within' fullcalendar and be triggered by its buttons.</p>
  
  <p>This seems to be one of the more popular feature requests with many people asking for it on the official issue tracker</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/fullcalendar/issues/detail?id=150&amp;colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Milestone%20Summary%20Stars" rel="noreferrer">http://code.google.com/p/fullcalendar/issues/detail?id=150&amp;colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Milestone%20Summary%20Stars</a></p>
  
  <p>So I am left at a cross roads. I could pay for a half baked proprietary solution that has minimal to no community support or I can try and find a way of getting a resource view inside of jquery Fullcalendar by asking the people who really know jQuery.</p>
  
  <p>I would happily donate the funds saved from using a proprietary solution to the developer of Fullcalendar.</p>
  
  <p>The developer of FullCalendar seems to have a lot on his plate and I would like to again thank him for this truly amazing calendar.</p>
  
  <p>I hope someone can share a solution with us!</p>
  
  <p>Tim</p>