Chapter 2. Display of Graphical Data

In this chapter, we are going to cover many common graphical tasks, such as the following:

  • Creating a line chart
  • Creating a bar chart
  • Creating a pie chart
  • Creating an area chart
  • Displaying combined charts
  • Creating a bubble chart
  • Showing a map with a marked location
  • Showing a map with a path
  • Displaying gauges
  • Displaying a tree
  • LED scoreboard using web fonts

Introduction

In this chapter, we will take a look at displaying graphical data using various JavaScript libraries that are based on modern HTML5 standards. The main idea is to get you interested into various visual parts ranging from 2D graphics with canvas and SVG data-driven documents, with the help of problem-solving examples.

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