It is practically impossible to imagine any dashboard without graphs and charts. They present complex statistics quickly and effectively. Additionally, a good chart also enhances the overall design of our website. In this article, I will show you 3 best JavaScript chart libraries: Fusioncharts, VanCharts and Highcharts.These Javascript charts will help us create beautiful and customizable charts for our projects. This article will compare 3 best JavaScript charts libraries.
Summary Fusioncharts is delightful JavaScript charts for web and mobile applications. VanCharts is JavaScript Charts library for Web, Mobile & Apps. Highcharts is Interactive JavaScript charts for your web projects. Charts rendered in Fusioncharts use SVG and VML to render charts. VanCharts use canvas and VML. Highcharts are rendered using SVG and VML. Data Fusioncharts provides data parsing through both JSON and XML. VanCharts provides data parsing through JSON, Excel and built-in dataset. Highcharts provides data parsing through only JSON. Browser Fusioncharts VanCharts and Highcharts are all highly compatible with older browsers like Internet Explorer 6. They support almost all other browsers. Chart types These 3 JavaScript charts libraries provide all the major chart types like pie, column, bar, area, geo, timeline, and multiple series. Fusioncharts provides 30+ chart types. VanCharts provides 25+ charts and maps in both 2D and 3D. Highcharts provides 25+ chart types. Chart Maker VanCharts JS chart maker is a offline tool aimed at reducing code amount and enhancing work efficiency for its user. Via this chart maker, user can save and preview chart design files with file extension .crt in local storage and may also export them as JavaScript to insert into Web pages. Highcharts has a online maker. Fusioncharts doesn’t have one. Mobile Fusioncharts and Highcharts only support html. VanCharts supports two ways of integration in mobile terminals: web and native. Aside from JS chart library, VanCharts also supplies IOS and Android native charts library for users to integrate into native apps. Licensing Fusioncharts development and testing licenses are free. Non watermarked product version free for non commercial use. Deployment licenses start at $399. Per-developer licensing fee starts $390 per developer. VanCharts can free download and use all products for study, research or any non-profit project. Deployment licenses start at $90. Purchase a commercial license. Highcharts website licenses at $90 and non-commercial usage is free. Support VanCharts can support free for 1 year or unlimited. Fusioncharts and Highcharts all need pay for it. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/447127c9d4aa92b5c1977f41ab886562%40ruby-forum.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
