@{
    ViewBag.Title = "jQWidgets Data Grid";
}
@section scripts {
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function () {
            // prepare the data
            var source =
            {
                datatype: "json",
                datafields: [
                    { name: 'EmployeeID', type: 'number' },
                    { name: 'ManagerID', type: 'number' },
                    { name: 'FirstName', type: 'string' },
                    { name: 'LastName', type: 'string' },
                    { name: 'Country', type: 'string' },
                    { name: 'City', type: 'string' },
                    { name: 'Address', type: 'string' },
                    { name: 'Title', type: 'string' },
                    { name: 'HireDate', type: 'date' },
                    { name: 'BirthDate', type: 'date' }
                ],
                id: 'EmployeeID',
                url: '/Employee/GetEmployees'
            };
            var dataAdapter = new $.jqx.dataAdapter(source);
            $("#grid").jqxGrid(
            {
                width: 850,
                height: 250,
                source: dataAdapter,
                sortable: true,
                columns: [
                  { text: 'FirstName', dataField: 'FirstName', width: 200 },
                  { text: 'LastName', dataField: 'LastName', width: 200 },
                  { text: 'Title', dataField: 'Title', width: 160 },
                  { text: 'Birth Date', dataField: 'BirthDate', cellsformat: 'd', width: 120 },
                  { text: 'Hire Date', dataField: 'HireDate', cellsformat: 'd', width: 120 },
                  { text: 'Address', dataField: 'Address', width: 250 },
                  { text: 'City', dataField: 'City', width: 120 },
                  { text: 'Country', dataField: 'Country' }
                ]
            });
        });
    </script>
}
<div id="grid"></div>