Adequate Tables? No, We Want Great Tables
summary
gt started in 2018 and now ships a concrete set of features: a formal table model with header/footer/stub, 29 formatters covering scientific notation, units and chemistry, and multi-output rendering that began with HTML plus experimental LaTeX/RTF and DOCX added Aug 2022. Missing pieces are explicit but listed: no cell merging, limited in‑table row reordering, weak DB table integration and planned Excel/PowerPoint support. A Python port called Great Tables Python port is under active development and reproduces core gt styling today.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to GT
- 1:28Origins and initial goals
- 2:57Structuring table components
- 3:45Formatting values
- 5:04Styling and design
- 6:05Rendering to multiple formats
- 8:08Expanding scope and usability
- 10:29Future roadmap
- 11:48Great Tables for Python
- 12:57Conclusion and QA
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