Javascript charts – </> MV Techbytes

Building Business Intelligence applications is always require the lot of effort and time. As all already might aware of that the Charting applications comes under the business intelligence applications.

There are many number of java charting frame works are available in the market. Some of them might be opensource, some of them are freeware and others might be premium based frameworks. As per my opinion, implementing the charting applications using java based frameworks takes lot of time and bringing good look and feel is night mare to developers.

In this post, I am planning to put some points about the Java script based charting libraries. If you feel interesting about this, just learn more details in the particular websites.

FusionCharts Suite XT: You can build delightful JavaScript charts for web and mobile applications. Charts will be rendered in JavaScript (HTML5) Charts using SVG and VML. It accepts the JSON and XML are the input parameters. You can integrate with the JQuery library. It also provides the API for serviside integration for ASP.NET, PHP, ASP, Java, Ruby on Rails etc. It supports zooming, scrolling and pinning. Provides 90+ chart types in both 2D and 3D. Its a licensed and paid library for production environment.
HighCharts : Interactive JavaScript charts for your web projects. These charts will be rendered in JavaScript (HTML5) Charts using SVG and VML. It accepts the JSON as input format. It provides only 2D format charts. It supports zooming and panning support. Its paid for commercial usage and Non-commercial usage is free. It supports 25+ chart types in 2D. Maps and 3D charts are not supported.
Google Chart Tools: Google Chart tools display live data on your site. These charts will be rendered in HTML5 charts using SVG and VML. It is free library for all usages. The JavaScript files are loaded directly from Google’s servers. So your application always has to be online to view the charts. 13 chart types in 2D. Maps available as GeoChart.
Sencha ExtJS Charts: This is Plugin-free Charting (part of the extJS framework). These charts will be rendered in JavaScript Charts using SVG and VML. It doesn’t supports zooming or panning. 13 chart types in 2D. Maps and 3D charts not supported.
Chart.js:It is a easy, object oriented client side graphs for designers and developers. Its a Canvas based charts. It is Free under MIT license. The charts are drawn using Canvas and hence cannot offer any interactivity. 6 chart types are available.
Flot: It is an attractive JavaScript plotting for jQuery. It renders in the charts in the form of HTML5 charts using Canvas and VML. It provides 8 chart types in 2D. Maps and 3D charts not supported.Its a free library.
jqPlot: It is a Versatile and Expandable jQuery Plotting Plugin and renders in HTML5 charts using Canvas. Ability to provide the 25+ chart types in 2D. Maps and 3D charts not supported. It can be used under GPL and MIT licences. Supports Quintile Pyramid Charts, Engel & Lorenz Curves, Multi-level pie, Block plots.
amCharts: It is a Robust JavaScript Charting Tool / Interactive JavaScript Charts. It renders the charts in the format of JavaScript (HTML5) Charts using SVG and VML. It provides the 18 chart types in 2D and 3D. Maps available as part of amMaps package. Only can be used with the paid licence. Support for PDF not available. Zooming and panning support is available.
gRaphaël: You can build stunning charts on your website. It renders the charts in the format of JavaScript (HTML5) Charts using SVG and VML. Supports 4 chart types in 2D. Maps and 3D charts are not supported. It can be used under MIT licence. No support for zooming or panning. Provides the Dot Charts.