Hi Silas, > If it is a personal site take a look at http://www.maani.us/xml_charts/ > they have some really nice charts that are flash based. > All the data is sent via xml.
Thanks for your input. However, I don't like the idea of forcing people to use flash to look at plots, since (unlike Django, R, Python, and RPy) Flash is not free software. Furthermore, it seems that there are no advanced statistical capabilities available with the XML/SWF Charts package, locking you into the particular charts and data analysis methods that the package author has written. One of the major benefits to using R is that it is a programming language with many extension packages for different types of data analysis. It's really easy to do simple statistical tests and more advanced statistical modeling in R, and have the results displayed on your plot (or returned back to Python). Furthermore, the modes of plotting are much more customizable, i.e. http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~tdhock/plot-history/ http://www.r-project.org/screenshots/screenshots.html The idea with django.contrib.dataplot is that it provides the framework for interfacing with Django, and some default generic plot types (Scatter, TimeSeries, etc. similar to XML/SWF Charts), but you can pop in your own plotting code and have a totally custom plot too, if you need to. Sincerely, Toby Dylan Hocking http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~tdhock On Thu, 12 Jul 2007, Silas wrote: > > > > On Jul 10, 6:03 pm, Chris Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hey all, >> So, I'm a beginner here with Django/webdesign/database stuff/all the >> rest of it and I may be getting ahead of myself. I am currently >> getting my feet wet in the Django environment, but I eventually want >> to graph/calculate averages on some of the values in my database. I >> would like to display the results in my Django page and maybe even >> make it so I could change some of the graph parameters using some >> simple Django forms. Any ideas on the best way to go about this? >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Chris > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
