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    Instant Highcharts
    Instant Highcharts
    Instant Highcharts
    Ebook86 pages24 minutesEnglish

    Instant Highcharts

    By Cyril Grandjean

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    Nowadays, a lot of systems and tools are developed using web technologies. Customers need to analyze their data using charts on their computer or their mobile device. With the Highcharts library, it is possible to create highly customizable and interactive charts on any computer or a mobile device without installing any plugins.

    Instant Highcharts is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a step-by-step approach, which will help you to take advantage of the powerful features of Highcharts. With Instant Highcharts, you will learn everything you need to know to create your own dynamic charts with your own data inside your web application.

    Instant Highcharts will present you with different features available with Highcharts, and helps you to create your own chart. You will start with Highcharts installation and then learn to create your own customized column, bar, area, and pie charts with your data. You will learn to add some interactive functionality such as the zoom feature or to export your chart into a printable format. We will also give you tips that will help you to improve your skills with Highcharts.

    Approach

    Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. Instant Highcharts has a step-by-step approach to help you understand the core concepts of different types of Highcharts and create your own customized charts.

    Who this book is for

    Instant Highcharts is for web developers who are new to the Highcharts library and looking to create their own charts in their webpages. You should have some experience with the JavaScript library. You should know how to develop a server-side language such as PHP to create dynamic Highcharts.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateJul 26, 2013
    ISBN9781849697552
    Instant Highcharts
    Author

    Cyril Grandjean

    Cyril Grandjean graduated from the school Supinfo (France), and from Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom. He is currently working for the company Ausy as a software engineer. During his professional experience, he has mainly developed web projects in PHP and Java. He also spends some of his spare time developing applications in C# or mobile applications. On his website http://www.cyril-grandjean.co.uk.He also writes some articles about software development. During his past job for the company Distrame, he participated in the development of a solution called Efficacenergie, which measures the energy consumption (electricity, water, gas, and so on) of a building. By accessing a web interface developed with the Ext-JS library, customers can analyze their own energy consumption through customizable charts developed with the Highcharts library.

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      1. Instant Highcharts

      So, what is Highcharts?

      Installation

      Step 1 – what do I need?

      Step 2 – downloading Highcharts

      Step 3 – Highcharts installation

      Step 4 – your first chart

      And that's it

      Quick start – setting up the main sections of Highcharts

      Step 1 – setting the title and subtitle

      Step 2 – setting the credits

      Step 3 – setting the series

      Step 4 – setting the axes, plot lines, and plot bands

      Step 5 – setting the tool tip

      Step 6 – setting the legend

      Step 7 – final code

      Top 4 features you need to know about

      Creating a line chart with a time axis and two Y axes

      Creating a stacked bar chart

      Creating a pie chart

      Creating dynamic charts

      People and places you should get to know

      Official sites

      JSFiddle tool

      Articles and tutorials

      Community

      Blogs

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      First published: July 2013

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      About the Author

      Cyril Grandjean is graduated from the school Supinfo (France) and from Oxford Brookes University (United Kingdom). He is currently working for company Ausy as a software engineer. During his professional

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