Learning jqPLot

About This Book

• Learn the fundamentals and applications of jqPlot as you work as a data analyst for a fictional consumer electronics company
• Build on and extend the examples that you follow throughout the book and build your own complex and interesting charts
• Accessible for anyone as knowledge of similar tools such as Highcharts isn't required

Who This Book Is For

If you are a developer with a good understanding of JavaScript and jQuery and have been burdened with the task of analyzing and presenting some data, this book will provide you with the start you need to create some very attractive data visualizations.

What You Will Learn

• Make basic line graphs, bar charts, and pie charts
• Create functions to parse various JSON objects to build datasets
• Customize the style of your charts to create your own personal designs
• Update your charts with live data using AJAX calls
• Build waterfall, block, and OHLC charts
• Increase the functionality of your charts by building event handlers
• Add plugins to make the data more accessible

In Detail

jqPlot is a charting and plotting plugin for the jQuery framework with numerous chart style options, and is a great tool to build data visualizations. Using jqPlot, you can create bar charts, pie charts, and even stock market charts. It is more than just a plugin for jQuery; you can design, build, and integrate graphs in a far more straightforward manner than popular feature-rich options such as Highcharts.

This book empowers you to create highly-customized charts and graphs that present your data in a visually appealing and analytic manner. Starting with a basic line graph, you'll cover the other standard charts as well as some of the not-so-standard ones. If you want to be leaps and bounds ahead of your colleagues when it comes to developing graphs and charts for your web applications, this book is the answer.