application.js

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
  jQuery(#projecttable).jqGrid({
      url: 'projects',
      datatype: 'xml',
      mtype: 'POST'
      colNames: ['Name', 'Beginn Datum', 'End Datum'],
      colModel: [
                  {name: 'Name', index: 'name', width: 55},
                  {name: 'Beginn Date', index: 'start_date', width:90 },
                  {name: 'End Datum', index: 'end_date', width:80, align: 'right' }
                ],
      pager: '#pager'
      rowNum: 10,
      sortname: ''
      sortorder: ''
      viewrecords: true,
      caption: 'Projekte'
  });
});