Highcharts Cloud Service
In this section, we will review a brand new online chart service developed by the Highcharts team, Highcharts Cloud Service (http://cloud.highcharts.com). The following screenshot shows the initial welcome screen:
Highcharts Cloud Service is a major milestone in terms of expanding the product line. It is designed for users to:
- Create HTML5 charts even without any JavaScript or Highcharts knowledge (in SIMPLE mode)
- Prototype their charts interactively without any installation and setting up on the web server and Highcharts
- Embed charts in online articles, applications, or web pages with a simple hyperlink
- Store their charts in the cloud rather than locally
- Share their charts easily with other people
The following is a screenshot of a news website linking a chart created from the cloud service:
Let's try to create our first chart using the cloud service. The web interface is wizard-based and intuitive for any non-technical users. The following is the initial screen of...