Chapter 9. Well-charted Territory

These are the recipes that you will learn in this chapter:

• Setting up a line chart to display local data

• Setting up a line chart to display data retrieved from the server

• Setting up a column chart to display local data

• Setting up a column chart to display data retrieved from the server

• Displaying local data with a pie chart

• Displaying remote data with a pie chart

• Using a chart component to display multiple data series

• Creating an auto-refreshing chart

• Configuring the Slider component to display a custom tip

• Enhancing the Slider component with custom tick marks

Introduction

This chapter covers the Chart and Slider components. It explores the different chart types, typical usage scenarios of charts when working with visual presentation of data, and the approaches to configuring and customizing the look of the slider widget.