We'll get started by using the DataTables plugin to create a basic data grid, keeping the default settings and the styles provided with the data grid. Data grids are most helpful when we have large amounts of data to present, and the site visitors might want to filter and sort the data in different ways to find the information they are looking for. Think, for example, of a list of flights; one site visitor might be interested in sorting the flights by the departure time to find the earliest possible departure, while another site visitor might want to sort the flights by duration of the flight to find the shortest possible flight. Presenting the data in an interactive data grid allows each site visitor to quickly and easily find just the information they're looking for in a sea of information. For site visitors with JavaScript disabled, they'll simply see a large table of data and will never know that they're missing out on the interactive features. All of the information...