DataTables is a free, open source plugin for the jQuery JavaScript library that is designed and created by a company called SpryMedia Ltd. This plugin makes adding features such as ordering, filtering, pagination, and searching to any standard HTML table incredibly easy to implement.
It also offers various extensions that enable Excel-like features, inline editing, and fixed columns to name a few. The DataTables website offers well-documented examples, a blog, and a forum, which you can find at www.datatables.net.
The jQuery DataTables plugin can be added to your ASP.NET MVC project in one of the two ways, the DataTables NuGet package or Content Delivery Network (CDN).