January 27th, 2016 by Margaret Skomorokh
We are very glad to announce that we have updated all products in our AnyChart JavaScript Charts Package! Four new releases are now available for download: AnyChart 7.9.0, AnyMap 7.9.0, AnyGantt 7.9.0, and AnyStock 7.9.0.
We have added 3D charts and String Tokens to AnyChart and have significantly improved its performance. AnyMap now supports Longitude and Latitude as well as Move and Zoom; unique projections for more than 220 maps have been added. Other important new features are Event Markers, Timeline Markers, Localization Support (AnyGantt) and Technical Indicators (AnyStock).
AnyChart 7.9.0 New Features
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3D Bar/Column Chart
Though data visualization specialists take a negative attitude towards any Pseudo 3D graphics, we think that our 3D Bar and Column JavaScript Charts are able to complement and enhance any visualization. You can adjust the angle and depth using the zAngle and zDepth methods.
Take a look at 3D Bar/3D Column Chart in the Gallery.
Learn more about 3D Bar/3D Column Chart. |
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3D Area Chart
We are very proud that we have succeeded to create such a beautiful 3D Area JavaScript chart. Just as in the case of 3D Bar/Column Charts, you can adjust the angle and depth using the zAngle and zDepth methods.
Take a look at 3D Area Chart in the Gallery >>
Learn more about 3D Area Chart >> |
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String Tokens
The String Tokens feature is an alternative to formatting text in labels and tooltips using formatting functions. Unlike functions, String Tokens are much more convenient in simple cases. They provide more flexibility in terms of settings serialization and are more familiar to the customers that have been using our Flash-based components.
Learn more about String Tokens >> |
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Migration Tool
Migration Tool is a small JavaScript library with an open source code, which is aimed to facilitate the transition from AnyChart 6 to AnyChart 7. Its main function is converting AnyChart 6 XML/JSON settings to AnyChart 7 settings. This library also contains special functions for partial conversion and creating custom converters.
Learn more about Migration Tool >>
Check out the Github repo >> |
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Performance Improvement
In this release we have significantly improved performance: the number of points that can be displayed in less than a second has increased from 3000 to 10000. However, it is not the limit of AnyChart capabilities. Every release contains performance improvements, and we are not going to stop!
Take a look at the Benchmark Page >> |
AnyMap 7.9.0 New Features
AnyGantt 7.9.0 New Features
AnyStock 7.9.0 New Features
AnyChart version history: https://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/history/
AnyMap version history: https://www.anychart.com/products/anymap/history/
AnyGantt version history: https://www.anychart.com/products/anygantt/history/
AnyStock version history: https://www.anychart.com/products/anystock/history/
Trial download: https://www.anychart.com/download/
January 24th, 2016 by Timothy Loginov
We are glad to introduce a new section of our site – AnyChart Business Dashboard Solutions. It is a series of sample dashboards demonstrating how our JavaScript Charts can be applied to various visualization tasks in various industries.
You can use AnyChart to visualize literally ANYTHING. Of course, our component is intended for reporting and data analysis in business applications in the first place, but we also provide AnyChart Graphics Framework allowing you to draw absolutely anything.
Here are the samples available at the moment:
Nowadays every decent website admin panel has a web analytics tool with graphs, allowing an administrator to understand at a glance what is going on with a website and whether there are any problems. Site Speed Dashboard created with AnyChart JavaScript charting library combines simple chart types (Column, Bar, Line, Area) with less common Bullet charts to show web pages load speed, the number of visitors, and other parameters.
Please note that charts can be added even to tooltips: if you hover over the main column chart, you will see a small bar chart showing the list of the pages visited. This sample also demonstrates the possibility of real-time data streaming, which is very easy to implement in our flexible data architecture (for more information, see our documentation).
Reporting is a keystone when it comes to sales. A good manager knows everything about the sales situation, and this situation is not just a “Total” line in a daybook or a general ledger. One needs to know all the details of every bargain: what, where, when, who, to whom, and at what price. In the modern world, either you have this information, or you risk finding yourself at the bottom of the ladder very soon.
Wine Sales in France is a HTML5 dashboard based on the extensive usage of Bootstrap for creating tabs. The dashboard contains such chart types as Bar, Pie, Column&Line, Bullet, and Sparkline as well as Geo Maps from the standard set of AnyChart JavaScript charts library. Due to Bootstrap and AnyChart being cross-platform solutions, you will be able to see this dashboard on your smartphone or tablet. What is even more important is that a big data set can be presented in the form of small units, which allows one to grasp the situation and to come to a good decision quickly.
This sample is a tribute. It is a tribute to one of the great minds in modern data visualization – Stephen Few. His book “Information Dashboard Design: Displaying Data for At-a-Glance Monitoring” has been an inspiration for everyone at AnyChart – we have read it from cover to cover several times. It is hard to keep up with masterminds, but we try. We believe this dashboard shows that AnyChart JS charting library can be used to create visualizations that are clean, simple, compact, and easy to understand – “meaningfully see” as Stephen Few would say.
States of United States Dashboard is more of an infographic rather than a dashboard (though, of course, it is clear that there is a fine line between them, so it is a question of terminology). JavaScript Maps and pie charts are used in this solution to show the order of states joining the Union and to present some additional information such as the population and land area of a state and the number of seats in the House of Representatives it has. We are going to add more information to this dashboard and turn it into a real tool for learning the history of the United States.
As it was said in the beginning, AnyChart is not all about boring line and pie charts. You can use our component to visualize anything you want. For example, here you see that we drew an animated bonfire with the help of AnyChart Graphics Framework.
All the samples are distributed under an Apache 2.0 license, which means that you can use them from top to bottom, changing or not changing things. You can also fork them on GitHub, as well as pull requests and raise issues if you discover a bug or think the samples can be improved. We are looking forward to your feedback and collaboration!
Please do not forget about another new page on our site: the section of technical samples we wrote about earlier.
December 25th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
AnyChart JavaScript Charts: Integration with PHP, MySQL, iOS, SQLite, Clojure, Clojurescript, NodeJs, and MongoDB
AnyChart JavaScript charts run on any platform and with any database. To make integration of AnyChart into your application as easy as possible, we have created several samples demonstrating how to integrate our component into the most popular platforms and databases. With the help of these tutorials, you will be able to start developing a prototype of your application right now.
Below you will find the samples that are currently available. Please note that all of them are repositories on GitHub, distributed under an Apache 2.0 License, and you can fork and change them as you like. Do not hesitate to pull requests or raise issues if you want to suggest an improvement or think that there is a bug in the code. We are going to expand this list and improve the samples, but if right now you are interested in a particular integration not listed here, please contact us.
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Simple PHP Integration Sample
PHP is one of the most popular tools for creating web applications and web pages. If you are a beginner developer or you need the simplest base for your charting application, this sample will help you. It shows Bar, Column, and Pie JavaScript charts created with PHP and displayed on a web page using AnyChart. |
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PHP Integration Sample, Based on Slim
If you are using the MySQL database (which is widely used with PHP applications) and the Slim PHP framework (a very convenient PHP microframework), this sample will help you to create a proof of concept of your charting application in a matter of minutes. You will see how to get data from MySQL, convert them into a format that can be used with AnyChart, and display as interactive JavaScript charts. You will also learn how to update your data without refreshing the page and how to customize different chart types, tooltips, labels, axes, and so on. |
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iOS Objective-C Integration Sample
Nowadays iPhone and iPad are used not only for making phone calls and entertainment. Phones and tablet computers are the integral part of an entrepreneur’s everyday life, and iOS apps serve business. Though AnyChart is a JavaScript charting library, you can easily combine it with the native Objective-C code and make any iOS app display big or small data as charts, with all great big and small features of AnyChart: from continuous real-time updates and multi-level drill-downs to the ability to customize the color of a particular axis label. Run our sample charting application in XCode, and you will get an iOS project where data are stored in the SQLite database management system and displayed as HTML5 charts on the screens of mobile devices. |
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Clojure and ClojureScript Integration Sample
Clojure is a dialect of the Lisp programming language, which is a very popular choice for creating server/backend applications. ClojureScript and the Postgresql database together make an excellent combination of tools, suitable for the most wide range of applications including data visualization solutions of any kind. Today there is rarely just one or two charts in an application – usually you see a dashboard with many interrelated elements. In this sample you will find a sales dashboard with such common chart types as Line, Bar, and Pie, and you will be surprised to realize how well AnyChart’s ideology fit the principles of Closure: simple modules will allow you to quickly get all the things that users expect to see on an up-to-date HTML5 website. |
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NodeJs and MongoDB Integration Sample
The NoSQL database is an integral part of the modern world, and MongoDB is a good choice if you decide to go this way. And when MongoDB is in play, a Node.js server is a logical choice to go with. So, if you are breaking the ground with your scalable application where run-time performance is paramount, use our sample to see how AnyChart JavaScript charts fit into this environment (and they fit perfectly). We are confident that you will not be disappointed with AnyChart in this case – its client-side performance will compliment your server-side performance, and users will be glad to see their data seamlessly updated on-the-fly. |
AnyChart charting library is a number one choice for anyone who is going into the world of data visualization and wants to excel in the fast-evolving world of BI solutions. When we develop our charts, one of our aims is providing users with the best result in any browser, but we also do our best to make the process of creating and supporting applications easier for developers.
We maintain a clear system of versions, each version being saved at AnyChart CDN. The API of each version is available at https://api.anychart.com/, and the documentation is available here: https://docs.anychart.com/. There are thousands of samples in our API and documentation, and you can see and try any method and any feature of AnyChart JavaScript charts on our website. Still, if there is no answer to your question neither in API, nor in our documentation, nor in the FAQ, just contact AnyChart Support Center, and our engineers will solve your problem.
We hope that these integration samples will help you to jump-start your project, and you will become one of the lucky ones who enjoy the power and flexibility of our JavaScript charts.
PS: If you are already convinced and none of the standard licenses fits your needs, our sales team is dying to hear from you and work out the best deal ever. You will be amazed to discover how fair our Support, OEM, and SaaS contracts are.
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December 23rd, 2015 by AnyChart Team
Scottish engineer and political economist William Playfair is credited with inventing not only the bar chart but also the area charts.
Generally speaking, Playfair’s publication The Commercial and Political Atlas, first appeared in 1786, contained many interesting time-series graphs. The following two of them are more particularly mentioned today as the first area charts in history.
1. Interest of the National Debt from the Revolution. Single-series.
2. Chart of all the Imports and Exports to and from England from the Year 1700 to 1782, originally dated August 20th, 1785. This chart can also be treated as at least one of the first multi-series area charts. The area between two curves shows the difference between them and is a great visual representation of the balance of trade.
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December 13th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
Javascript Map by AnyChart
Have you seen the cool data visualizations (including an interactive JavaScript map by AnyChart) that we have shared this week on AnyChart Facebook Page and Twitter? Here is a quick recap of these posts:
- This abolitionist infographic (1788) shows deck plans and cross sections of British slave ship Brookes. It is a strange, unexamined feature of the bicentenary that this image has still served to shape perceptions over two hundred years since its publication. Its continued usage cannot be explained away with traditional assumptions of its ‘innate power’ or ‘effective communication’. Read more about the poster in this article.
- NARKOZ/hacker-scripts – Hate to waste your time on routine tasks like waiting for the coffee-machine to make your latte? Use scripts to hack your life! LOL “The coffee machines uses telnet not SSH!!! this one waits exactly 17 seconds (!), then opens a telnet session to our coffee-machine (we had no frikin idea the coffee machine is on the network, runs linux and has a TCP socket up and running) and sends something like
sys brew…”
- Bubble Earthquakes Map – Visit our gallery and check out this interactive bubble JavaScript map created with AnyMap. It shows where the world’s strongest earthquakes occurred. AnyMap is ideal for interactive dashboards and side-by-side reporting. This JavaScript mapping solution will help you to build interactive maps and display them in any browser on any platform. AnyMap is useful when you need to display sales by region, election results, population density, or any other information related to a geographic area.
- 15 Years of Terror – a time-lapse of all terrorist attacks with more than 20 fatalities between 1.12.2000 and 13.11.2015.
December 7th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
In this post you will find a quick recap of the information on data visualization and AnyChart we have shared this week on AnyChart Facebook Page and Twitter:
- Kepler Orrery IV – This awesome data visualization is a new version of the Kepler Orrery animation. It shows all of the Kepler multi-planet systems on the same scale as the Solar System.
- CIO Dashboard – This complex JavaScript dashboard was created with AnyChart. Check it out in our sample gallery! (The dashboard is based on a sample from the book “Information Dashboard Design: Displaying Data for At-a-Glance Monitoring” by Stephen Few.)
- Tor Flow is a fascinating data visualization showing information flow in the Tor network – a group of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to improve their privacy and security on the Internet.
- GOP early debate: candidates ranked – a cool interactive visualization based on Google search.
November 30th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
This week we have shared on AnyChart Facebook Page and Twitter the following data visualizations:
- GitHut is an attempt to visualize and explore the complexity of the universe of programming languages used across the repositories hosted on GitHub.
- Analyzing 1.1 Billion NYC Taxi and Uber Trips – Check out these data visualizations and article: it is an open-source exploration of New York neighborhoods, nightlife, airport traffic, and more, through the lens of publicly available taxi and Uber data (1.1 trips).
- No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project – See the interactive data visualization on the main page, showing the gap between the number of women and men in the workforce (and how it changed from 1995 to 2012).
- Mapping how the United States generates its electricity – How does the United States generate its electricity? These cool maps will tell you everything.
November 22nd, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
Here is some interesting stuff we’ve encountered this week and posted on AnyChart Facebook Page and Twitter:
- Gasoline vs Electric – Who wins on lifetime global warming emissions? You’ll find the answer in this article (and map).
- People-Powered Data Visualization – Through crowdsourcing and citizen science projects, the general public is making profound contributions to research. Can data visualization help make sense of this wealth of new information? Read the article by National Geographic.
- height | weight | age – London 2012 Women Gold Medalists – This unusual interactive infographic demonstrates the vast variety in body size and shape amongst the elite female athletes (it is based on the data from the London Olympics 2012 website).
- These beautiful animated wind maps let you explore the variety of wind patterns in the U.S. You can see both a live map with current data and a number of historical snapshots.
November 16th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
In this post you will find a recap of the cool data visualizations that we have shared with you this week on AnyChart Facebook Page and Twitter:
November 9th, 2015 by Margaret Skomorokh
Here is a quick recap of AnyChart news and interesting information on data vsualization, which we have shared with you this week on AnyChart Facebook Page and Twitter:
- AnyChart 7.8.0 – Good News! We have updated all our products, and now #AnyChart, #AnyGantt, #AnyStock, and #AnyMap 7.8.0 are available for download. We have added a number of important features, including JavaScript Heat Map charts and Zoom & Scroll in AnyChart as well as Editing Mode and UI in AnyGantt.
- Bond v Bond: the return of 007 – The history of Bond… James Bond!
- Data Cycles is a simulated real-time visualization using a year’s worth of Bay Area Bike Share data – just click Play and enjoy all these bikes riding from station to station. You can also see a few nice interactive charts in the Statistics section.
- A Nation of Poverty – Concentrated poverty in the neighborhoods of the largest urban cores in the United States has exploded since the 1970s. Check out the charts illustrating this process.
