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Re: Ask HN: What charts javascript library to use?

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Post by endtime »

bradleyland wrote: post #20

We use Flot currently, but we're looking at purchasing a license for Emprise. Specifically, they offer candlestick charts, which are difficult to find elsewhere, yet absolutely critical in expressing the volatility of series data. http://www.ejschart.com/ IMO, candlestick charts are way underutilized. Take application response time graphs for example. Most reporting suites rely on moving averages. If your application…

My chart lib (not yet released) supports candlestick charts too...and the fact that not many libs have them (and ProtoVis has no IE support) is part of why I ended up writing my own. Example: http://track.com/charts/show-chart/2/

Re: Ask HN: What charts javascript library to use?

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Post by agbegin »

Jlambert wrote: post #54
agbegin wrote: post #32

Have you checked out ZingChart? Transparency: I'm on the team. Zing renders both Flash and HTML5 Canvas charts. Compatible and customizable + interactive API. For your consideration: http://www.zingchart.com http://www.zingchart.com/flash-and-html5-canvas/ Shoot me questions at abegin@zingchart.com or http://www.twitter.com/zingchart (Andrew)

The pricing model leaves a little to be desired. If I build an app that others use, i have to contact you? Really?

Yes, at this point we've been working with software developers to make sure we provide the support and licensing model they need.

Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Ask HN: What charts javascript library to use?

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Post by drivebyacct2 »

cnlwsu wrote: post #49
drivebyacct2 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that it uses GET is a huge limitation IMO. Especially considering that the workaround is to use POST and iframes. Especially when there are more functional, prettier alternatives

GET is only for the chart api, the visualization api is not the same case (with a couple exceptions that use the chart api) http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gall...

Wow, how did I miss that there was a diff in chart/vis apis? thanks!

Re: Ask HN: What charts javascript library to use?

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Post by ajsharp »

Having used graphael (really the only graphing library I've used), I can say that I like it, but I don't love it. I like how the charts looks far more than any of the other graphing/charting libraries, except for maybe highcharts. Imo, one of the key features that sets graphael and highcharts apart from the rest (especially the Stanford library, which looked very nice, except for this one feature) is interactivity. I think being able to mouse over the data points and get more detailed information is a massive leg up. From an end-user perspective, this interactivity is what @briandoll referred to as "function", in addition to the "look", which in this case, is great for both of these libraries.

- $0.02

Re: Ask HN: What charts javascript library to use?

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Post by filipcte »

We use http://www.fusioncharts.com/ on CashBase (http://www.cashbasehq.com/). It has a JS API but also libraries for most backend languages.

I found it super easy to use after experimenting with Google Charts and jqPlot.

The way a chart looks in FusionCharts is 100% fully customizable.

Re: Ask HN: What charts javascript library to use?

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Post by koenb »

neodude wrote: post #43
mxmpawn wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a great library but I'll have to pay u$s360 if I want to use it. In my country it'll be ~u$s1300.

If you're only developing one application, I believe you can just buy the $80 license. That's amazingly inexpensive for such a stellar piece of software.

The $80 license says: "For use on a website that does not have customer specific data or charges for its use."

Showing a username is customer specific data I suppose, so I think most applications show customer specific data. Am I misunderstanding this limitation?

Re: Ask HN: What charts javascript library to use?

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Post by endtime »

endtime wrote: post #61
bradleyland wrote: post #20

We use Flot currently, but we're looking at purchasing a license for Emprise. Specifically, they offer candlestick charts, which are difficult to find elsewhere, yet absolutely critical in expressing the volatility of series data. http://www.ejschart.com/ IMO, candlestick charts are way underutilized. Take application response time graphs for example. Most reporting suites rely on moving averages. If your application…

My chart lib (not yet released) supports candlestick charts too...and the fact that not many libs have them (and ProtoVis has no IE support) is part of why I ended up writing my own. Example: http://track.com/charts/show-chart/2/

(whoops, deleted it by accident - http://track.com/charts/show-chart/8/ works though)
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