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Shaik Abdullah
I have used highcharts and it is pretty awesome for my previous project. now as I am about to start my new project I want to use other charting libraries such as recharts, chart js, Nivo, d3 js.... my upcoming project might use react js as front end and laravel as a backend technology. the project would be of hotel management type. please suggest me the best charts to use
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Darren Adams
Senior Developer at Burning Glass Technologies · | 2 upvotes · 97.4K views
I've used Highcharts with both Angular Js Reactive applications (render as ReactJs) and also a bit of D3. Personally I found Highcharts to be the easiest to use but, with still quite a good level of customisability if you need it. graphs and charts then give D3 a try.
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- Easy to use2
- Reusable charts2
Pros of D3.js
- Beautiful visualizations192
- Svg101
- Data-driven91
- Large set of examples80
- Data-driven documents60
- Visualization components23
- Transitions20
- Dynamic properties18
- Plugins16
- Transformation11
- Makes data interactive7
- Components4
- Enter and Exit4
- Exhaustive3
- Backed by the new york times3
- Open Source3
- Easy and beautiful2
- Angular 41
- Awesome Community Support1
- Simple elegance1
- 1231
- Templates, force template1
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- Low learning curve and powerful33
- Multiple chart types such as pie, bar, line and others16
- Responsive charts12
- Handles everything you throw at it8
- Extremely easy-to-parse documentation7
- Easy to customize color scheme and palettes5
- Built-in export chart as-is to image file4
- Export on server side, can be used in email1
- Uu1
- It is nice0
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- Dependent on D3.js which is not lightweight1
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- Beginners cant understand at all10
- Complex syntax5
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- Expensive8
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What is C3.js?
c3 is a D3-based reusable chart library that enables deeper integration of charts into web applications.
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It is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. Emphasises on web standards gives you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework.
What is Highcharts?
Highcharts currently supports line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie, scatter, angular gauges, arearange, areasplinerange, columnrange, bubble, box plot, error bars, funnel, waterfall and polar chart types.
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What are some alternatives to C3.js, D3.js, and Highcharts?
NVD3
This project is an attempt to build re-usable charts and chart components for d3.js without taking away the power that d3.js gives you. This is a very young collection of components, with the goal of keeping these components very customizable, staying away from your standard cookie cutter solutions.
Plotly.js
It is a standalone Javascript data visualization library, and it also powers the Python and R modules named plotly in those respective ecosystems (referred to as Plotly.py and Plotly.R).
It can be used to produce dozens of chart types and visualizations, including statistical charts, 3D graphs, scientific charts, SVG and tile maps, financial charts and more.
Chart.js
Visualize your data in 6 different ways. Each of them animated, with a load of customisation options and interactivity extensions.
Matplotlib
It is a Python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures in a variety of hardcopy formats and interactive environments across platforms. It can be used in Python scripts, the Python and IPython shells, the Jupyter notebook, web application servers, and four graphical user interface toolkits.
amCharts
amCharts is an advanced charting library that will suit any data visualization need. Our charting solution include Column, Bar, Line, Area, Step, Step without risers, Smoothed line, Candlestick, OHLC, Pie/Donut, Radar/ Polar, XY/Scatter/Bubble, Bullet, Funnel/Pyramid charts as well as Gauges.