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Learning Highcharts

You're reading from   Learning Highcharts Whether you're a novice or an advanced web developer, this practical tutorial will enable you to produce stunning interactive charts using Highcharts. With a foreword by the creator, it's the only guide you'll need to get started.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849519083
Length 362 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Learning Highcharts
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Web Charts 2. Highcharts Configurations FREE CHAPTER 3. Line, Area, and Scatter Charts 4. Bar and Column Charts 5. Pie Charts 6. Gauge, Polar, and Range Charts 7. Highcharts APIs 8. Highcharts Events 9. Highcharts and jQuery Mobile 10. Highcharts and Ext JS 11. Running Highcharts on the Server Side Index

Chapter 4. Bar and Column Charts

In this chapter we will start off by learning the column charts and their plotting options. Then we will apply more advanced options for stacking and grouping columns together. After that, we will move on to bar charts by following the same example. Then we will learn how to polish up a bar chart and apply tricks to turn a bar chart into mirror and horizontal gauge charts. Finally, a web page of multiple charts will be put together as a concluding exercise. In this chapter we will cover the following:

  • Introducing column charts

  • Stacking and grouping a column chart

  • Adjusting column colors and data labels

  • Introducing bar charts

  • Constructing a mirror chart

  • Converting a single bar chart into a horizontal gauge chart

  • Sticking the charts together

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