Summary
Web charting has been around since the early days of HTML, emerging from server-side technology to the client side. During this period, several solutions were adopted to work around the shortcomings of HTML. Now, with HTML5, which is rich in features, web charting has come back to HTML and this time it is for good, with the aid of JavaScript.
A number of JavaScript chart products were mentioned in this chapter. Among these, Highcharts emerged with a distinct graphical style and smooth user interactions. We also went through a simple chart example to experience how quick and easy it is to create our very first Highcharts chart.
In the next chapter, we will explore the Highcharts configuration object in greater detail with plenty more examples. The configuration object is the core part of the product that the structure serves as the common prototype for all the charts.
