[appengine-java] Necessity for Java graphics

2010-06-19 Thread Blessed Geek
IMPO, the best Java charting library in the world is JFreeChart. But you cannot use it for GAE. GAE architects would be overlooking one big phenomenon, if they ever recommend that we use client-side GWT graphics - you cannot and you should not if you are performing enterprise business charting.

Re: [appengine-java] Necessity for Java graphics

2010-06-20 Thread nicolas melendez
amazon e2 On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Blessed Geek wrote: > IMPO, the best Java charting library in the world is JFreeChart. > > But you cannot use it for GAE. > > GAE architects would be overlooking one big phenomenon, if they ever > recommend that we use client-side GWT graphics - you can

Re: [appengine-java] Necessity for Java graphics

2010-06-20 Thread Hariharan Anantharaman
Though not w.r.t GAE perspective, one problem i have experienced with jFree chart is their heavy memory usage when creating complex charts (due to its dependency on AWT). Perhaps its time to develop a better java charting API. The architecture and cloud approach of Amazon Ec2 and GAE are completel