Chart me up!
Charts have always held a special place in my heart.
There is nothing like turning a nasty tabular dataset into a beautiful piece of art.
The problem with charting on the web is people want to interact with their charts, slice, zoom, and dice the data visually. This leaves few options other than flash… ugh.
Recently, however, there is a new wave of dhtml charting libraries. Here’s a quick list to consider.
MIT Simile Timeplot - Full featured timeseries charts using dhtml canvas and works in all modern browsers. Nice features like rollovers and popups. Downside it its for timeseries only and is a bit heavy.
Flot - New jQuery plugin that has a very simple api and allows basic zooming. Works in all browsers modern browsers. Downside is no rollovers.
Google Chart API - Not really dynamic charting tool but still pretty simple way to generate slick charts.
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