Chapter 2. Working with Out-of-the-box Charts
In the previous chapter, we saw how one can create a chart using the Sencha Charts Surface API. The only issue is that Surface is still a very low-level API providing drawing primitives, which can be used to create any drawing, including charts. We will have to write a lot of code to create a chart using these drawing primitives, handling events, resizing charts, data binding, theming, and so on.
In this chapter, we will move up in terms of API abstraction and look at the chart-related API, which we can use for visual presentation. In this chapter, you will learn the following topics:
- Creating cartesian charts—line, bar, area charts
- Creating polar charts—pie chart
- Creating spacefilling charts—gauge chart
- Theming your charts
- Engaging users with gestures
