Jqwidgets MVVM debugging

Jqwidgets MVVM debugging

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqwidgets.com/public/jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqwidgets.com/public/jqwidgets/styles/jqx.classic.css">
<script src="http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/knockout/knockout-2.2.1.js"></script>
<script src="http://jqwidgets.com/public/jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"></script>
   <div id='jqxWidget'>
        <div id="treegrid">
        </div>
    </div>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
            var employees = [
                {
                    "EmployeeID": 2, "FirstName": "Andrew", "LastName": "Fuller", "Country": "USA", "Title": "Vice President, Sales", "HireDate": "1992-08-14 00:00:00", "BirthDate": "1952-02-19 00:00:00", "City": "Tacoma", "Address": "908 W. Capital Way", "expanded": "true",
                    children: [
                    { "EmployeeID": 8, "FirstName": "Laura", "LastName": "Callahan", "Country": "USA", "Title": "Inside Sales Coordinator", "HireDate": "1994-03-05 00:00:00", "BirthDate": "1958-01-09 00:00:00", "City": "Seattle", "Address": "4726 - 11th Ave. N.E." },
                    { "EmployeeID": 1, "FirstName": "Nancy", "LastName": "Davolio", "Country": "USA", "Title": "Sales Representative", "HireDate": "1992-05-01 00:00:00", "BirthDate": "1948-12-08 00:00:00", "City": "Seattle", "Address": "507 - 20th Ave. E.Apt. 2A" },
                    { "EmployeeID": 3, "FirstName": "Janet", "LastName": "Leverling", "Country": "USA", "Title": "Sales Representative", "HireDate": "1992-04-01 00:00:00", "BirthDate": "1963-08-30 00:00:00", "City": "Kirkland", "Address": "722 Moss Bay Blvd." },
                    { "EmployeeID": 4, "FirstName": "Margaret", "LastName": "Peacock", "Country": "USA", "Title": "Sales Representative", "HireDate": "1993-05-03 00:00:00", "BirthDate": "1937-09-19 00:00:00", "City": "Redmond", "Address": "4110 Old Redmond Rd." },
                    {
                        "EmployeeID": 5, "FirstName": "Steven", "LastName": "Buchanan", "Country": "UK", "Title": "Sales Manager", "HireDate": "1993-10-17 00:00:00", "BirthDate": "1955-03-04 00:00:00", "City": "London", "Address": "14 Garrett Hill", "expanded": "true",
                        children: [
                               { "EmployeeID": 6, "FirstName": "Michael", "LastName": "Suyama", "Country": "UK", "Title": "Sales Representative", "HireDate": "1993-10-17 00:00:00", "BirthDate": "1963-07-02 00:00:00",...