Charting Software Suggestions

[joshmv]

I'm wanting to learn some sort of charting software to help me make calculators, interest rate graphs, etc. for some of my financial sites.

Right now I've been looking at the graphing software that T202 uses here:

XML/SWF Charts > Introduction

Looks pretty slick but before I start learning something new I figured I should make sure there's not a similar, or better solution out there that I might want to look into. Hopefully you guys can tell me if I'm on the right track.

 

[7figures]

I used highcharts for a new project and its pretty awesome. Its all javascript too which is a bonus, because I hate flash.

 

[JackLinks]

the one you suggested is one of the nicest, free ones I have seen. If you code ASP.net, you can't beat New ASP.NET Charting Control: <asp:chart runat="server"/> - ScottGu's Blog for static image type charts. These also play important roles for printing since some printers wont print JS / Flash, and for comparability such browsers such as the iphone and many other smart phones don't allow flash and restrict JS.

 

[uplinked]

XML/SWF is very usable, looks nice, I've never implemented it. I always go with Flot because I'm a JQuery whore. If it doesn't do what I need, I write plugins, because JavaScript makes shit like that way too easy to do.

 

[joshmv]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll look into all of them today and figure out which one I'm going to start off with.

 

[nvanprooyen]

I played around with this awhile back - FusionCharts v3 - Animated Flash Charts & Maps for web applications . Some of them are pretty slick. A little on the pricey side though.

 

[joshmv]

I played around with this awhile back - FusionCharts v3 - Animated Flash Charts & Maps for web applications . Some of them are pretty slick. A little on the pricey side though.

Looks like a cool solution with less of a learning curve if I want to shell out a little cash. Just downloaded the trial version so we'll see how it goes.

 

[OsamaBinBBQ]

I've always used the Google Visualization API whenever I needed a timeline or something else simple.