Re: graphics in perl
michael watson (IAH-C) wrote: Did you try GD::Graph? GD::Graph is a good graphing tool. It can get quite low-level as well, so you have to decide which visualiser works for you. The advantage of GD::Graph is that it'd likely be rendered as a JPEG/ GIF, and that's something you can download and reuse in an executive chart. But if you want something interactive (think click-through), then Flash has that advantage.
Re: graphics in perl
Rolf Schaufelberger wrote: Am Sonntag, 22. Juni 2008 11:27:26 schrieb Malka Cymbalista: We are running perl 5.8.5 on a Linux machine that is running apache 2.2.6 with mod_perl 2.0.3. Our data is in a MySQL database (MySQL 5.0.45) We have been asked to write a web application that requires plotting capabilities. We do most of our web programming in perl so I am looking for a perl module that has the following features: 1. ability to create histograms 2. ability to create x,y plots 3. ability to zoom in on a portion of the graph 4. ability to calculate the distance between 2 points on the graph 5. ability to hover on a point and bring up some text Does anyone have any suggestions for which perl modules we should look into? To make your life easier, use a third-party Flash charting tool. It's pretty and it's more interactive than a static jpg (for example). The role of Perl in this case is simply to generate the data for the flash application to load. Most of the time it's an XML document, so that's something Perl does very well.
RE: graphics in perl
Did you try GD::Graph? -Original Message- From: Foo JH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 24/06/2008 8:15 AM To: modperl@perl.apache.org Subject: Re: graphics in perl Rolf Schaufelberger wrote: Am Sonntag, 22. Juni 2008 11:27:26 schrieb Malka Cymbalista: We are running perl 5.8.5 on a Linux machine that is running apache 2.2.6 with mod_perl 2.0.3. Our data is in a MySQL database (MySQL 5.0.45) We have been asked to write a web application that requires plotting capabilities. We do most of our web programming in perl so I am looking for a perl module that has the following features: 1. ability to create histograms 2. ability to create x,y plots 3. ability to zoom in on a portion of the graph 4. ability to calculate the distance between 2 points on the graph 5. ability to hover on a point and bring up some text Does anyone have any suggestions for which perl modules we should look into? To make your life easier, use a third-party Flash charting tool. It's pretty and it's more interactive than a static jpg (for example). The role of Perl in this case is simply to generate the data for the flash application to load. Most of the time it's an XML document, so that's something Perl does very well.
Re: graphics in perl
On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:32 AM, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote: Did you try GD::Graph? -Original Message- From: Foo JH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 24/06/2008 8:15 AM To: modperl@perl.apache.org Subject: Re: graphics in perl Rolf Schaufelberger wrote: Am Sonntag, 22. Juni 2008 11:27:26 schrieb Malka Cymbalista: We are running perl 5.8.5 on a Linux machine that is running apache 2.2.6 with mod_perl 2.0.3. Our data is in a MySQL database (MySQL 5.0.45) We have been asked to write a web application that requires plotting capabilities. We do most of our web programming in perl so I am looking for a perl module that has the following features: 1. ability to create histograms 2. ability to create x,y plots 3. ability to zoom in on a portion of the graph 4. ability to calculate the distance between 2 points on the graph 5. ability to hover on a point and bring up some text Does anyone have any suggestions for which perl modules we should look into? To make your life easier, use a third-party Flash charting tool. It's pretty and it's more interactive than a static jpg (for example). The role of Perl in this case is simply to generate the data for the flash application to load. Most of the time it's an XML document, so that's something Perl does very well. I'e used Visual Engineering's KavaChart http://www.ve.com/kavachart/index.html/ to do 1, 2, 3, and 5 above. It may do 4, but I haven't tried anything like that with it. I have code for a simple System Load application listed at http://www.customvisuals.com/code.shtml. Look for System Load near the top of that page. You can also see something pulling data from a URL at http://www.customvisuals.com/ by viewing the source of that page. Check the graph on the left side of the page. Mike Schienle
Re: graphics in perl
Am Sonntag, 22. Juni 2008 11:27:26 schrieb Malka Cymbalista: We are running perl 5.8.5 on a Linux machine that is running apache 2.2.6 with mod_perl 2.0.3. Our data is in a MySQL database (MySQL 5.0.45) We have been asked to write a web application that requires plotting capabilities. We do most of our web programming in perl so I am looking for a perl module that has the following features: 1. ability to create histograms 2. ability to create x,y plots 3. ability to zoom in on a portion of the graph 4. ability to calculate the distance between 2 points on the graph 5. ability to hover on a point and bring up some text Does anyone have any suggestions for which perl modules we should look into? Thanks for any information. For drawing graphs you can have a look at google graph api (http://code.google.com/apis/chart/) I've once used another cart libray offering API in different languages see : http://www.advsofteng.com/product.html And then there is GD::Graph, but I have no experience with this. For basic graphic functions look at Imager (imager.perl.org) -- Regards Rolf Schaufelberger
Re: graphics in perl
Malka Cymbalista wrote: We are running perl 5.8.5 on a Linux machine that is running apache 2.2.6 with mod_perl 2.0.3. Our data is in a MySQL database (MySQL 5.0.45) We have been asked to write a web application that requires plotting capabilities. We do most of our web programming in perl so I am looking for a perl module that has the following features: 1. ability to create histograms 2. ability to create x,y plots 3. ability to zoom in on a portion of the graph 4. ability to calculate the distance between 2 points on the graph 5. ability to hover on a point and bring up some text Does anyone have any suggestions for which perl modules we should look into? Thanks for any information. There are a lot of perl APIs built over various graphics packages. You can start with this list: http://search.cpan.org/modlist/Graphics You might also try searching cpan for some specific keywords, because I don't believe all the graphics modules are in that list. For example, I've used Image::Magick for doing some basic image resizing and conversion, but I don't see Image::Magick in that list. -- Jim Albert
graphics in perl
We are running perl 5.8.5 on a Linux machine that is running apache 2.2.6 with mod_perl 2.0.3. Our data is in a MySQL database (MySQL 5.0.45) We have been asked to write a web application that requires plotting capabilities. We do most of our web programming in perl so I am looking for a perl module that has the following features: 1. ability to create histograms 2. ability to create x,y plots 3. ability to zoom in on a portion of the graph 4. ability to calculate the distance between 2 points on the graph 5. ability to hover on a point and bring up some text Does anyone have any suggestions for which perl modules we should look into? Thanks for any information. -- Malka Cymbalista Webmaster, Weizmann Institute of Science [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08-934-3036
RE: graphics in perl
I'd recommend interfacing with R (http://www.r-project.org) From: Malka Cymbalista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 22/06/2008 10:27 AM To: modperl@perl.apache.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: graphics in perl We are running perl 5.8.5 on a Linux machine that is running apache 2.2.6 with mod_perl 2.0.3. Our data is in a MySQL database (MySQL 5.0.45) We have been asked to write a web application that requires plotting capabilities. We do most of our web programming in perl so I am looking for a perl module that has the following features: 1. ability to create histograms 2. ability to create x,y plots 3. ability to zoom in on a portion of the graph 4. ability to calculate the distance between 2 points on the graph 5. ability to hover on a point and bring up some text Does anyone have any suggestions for which perl modules we should look into? Thanks for any information. -- Malka Cymbalista Webmaster, Weizmann Institute of Science [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08-934-3036
Re: graphics in perl
Uhm, dude... a Perl module won't do that because Perl is a language, not a display technology. You're looking for something like Shockwave Flash. Though you can certainly have Perl generate everything. 2008/6/22 Malka Cymbalista [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We are running perl 5.8.5 on a Linux machine that is running apache 2.2.6 with mod_perl 2.0.3. Our data is in a MySQL database (MySQL 5.0.45) We have been asked to write a web application that requires plotting capabilities. We do most of our web programming in perl so I am looking for a perl module that has the following features: 1. ability to create histograms 2. ability to create x,y plots 3. ability to zoom in on a portion of the graph 4. ability to calculate the distance between 2 points on the graph 5. ability to hover on a point and bring up some text Does anyone have any suggestions for which perl modules we should look into? Thanks for any information. -- Malka Cymbalista Webmaster, Weizmann Institute of Science [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08-934-3036 -- Dodger
