What would be the most lightweight library if I only need a line graph compatible with most desktop and mobile browsers without any dependencies?
I would say d3.js (http://d3js.org/).
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#12Good stuff! What about D3? http://d3js.org/
I would consider D3 not to be a graph making library, but more a Data Frame & Document Object Model data binding library with a collection of stats functions.
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#13I see none of them have the option "Large Data Set", I would think dc.js supports that with it's crossfilter support.
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#14http://dimplejs.org/ is another D3 based charting library.
I've just looked at dimple. It looks quite a bit simpler than implementing d3, I will have to play around with it, but from your experience how would you rate it in terms of ease of use, learning curve, performance, etc.?
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#15While we're on the topic, I'm beginning with js with a goal to create some materials for maths classes. Which library would let me do, for example, graphs of quadratic, cubic functions AND possibly drag/move the line to see how the equation translates? Thank you
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#16What would be the most lightweight library if I only need a line graph compatible with most desktop and mobile browsers without any dependencies?
Write it yourself with the HTML5 canvas?
That's also the easiest way to get good performance for realtime, high-volume graphing.
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#17While we're on the topic, I'm beginning with js with a goal to create some materials for maths classes. Which library would let me do, for example, graphs of quadratic, cubic functions AND possibly drag/move the line to see how the equation translates? Thank you
I don't have a lot of experience with it, but Bret Victor's http://worrydream.com/Tangle/ come to mind. Hope it helps!
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#1831 libraries, zero for "Large Data Set".
That tells you everything you need to know about Javascript/browser graphics for data science. A. The DOM cannot handle as many nodes as are needed for large datasets and/or B. even with Canvas/webgl etc the browser platform itself chokes on dataset sizes much bigger than 1/2 gig (ie, "small" data). So Javascript is fantastic for explanatory graphics, but forget about exploration.
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#19While we're on the topic, I'm beginning with js with a goal to create some materials for maths classes. Which library would let me do, for example, graphs of quadratic, cubic functions AND possibly drag/move the line to see how the equation translates? Thank you
If you want to create class material, have a look at http://challengeu.com - they've built an entire service around providing a platform for teachers to share content. It's pretty cool! (Disclaimer: I used to work with them)
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#20http://dimplejs.org/ is another D3 based charting library.
I've just looked at dimple. It looks quite a bit simpler than implementing d3, I will have to play around with it, but from your experience how would you rate it in terms of ease of use, learning curve, performance, etc.?
If you want to make graphs like those on their page, it's fun. But once you want more it can be super annoying and hard to understand.