Highcharts – a quick tutorial

In this section, you will see how to implement your first Highcharts graph. Assuming that we want to run Highcharts from our local web server, first download the latest version from the Highcharts website: http://www.highcharts.com/download.

Alternatively, we can load the library via the Content Delivery Network (CDN), as follows:

<script type="text/javascript" 
        src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>

For debugging, highcharts.src.js is also available from the CDN.

Directory structure

When you unpack the downloaded ZIP file, you should see the following directory structure under the Highcharts-4.x.x top-level directory:

The following is what each directory contains and is used for:

  • index.html: This is the ...

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