... and is written as a plug-in for that package. JqGrid was developed by Tony Tomov at Trirand Inc., a software development firm based in Sofia. Trirand specializes in the development of web components and embraces free and open standards like jQuery, ThemeRoller, & jQuery UI. Tony got the idea for jqGrid when he needed an easy way to represent database information in a project. The first requirement was speed and the second, was independence from server-side technology and the database backend.