# Beginning a statistics application **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 3, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242 "2006-08-03T18:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242/1 "2006-08-03T18:37:00Z")
Hi all, I need to write an application that gets data from a database and plots it on a graph. I am familiar with java and know that I could do it with jfreechart - however I am excited by RoR and would like to write the application with RoR instead. Is it possible to write it in RoR? Chris ---
**Author:** ![chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242/2 "2006-08-03T20:28:43Z")
Chris, Check out gruff graphs at [http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff](http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff) Hope that helps, Zack ---
**Author:** ![chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242/3 "2006-08-03T21:18:21Z")
that would do it but the graphs it produces don’t look very formal. I was hoping for something more scientific looking - MRgraph looks better but incomplete. ---
**Author:** ![chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 11:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242/4 "2006-08-03T23:58:24Z")
Hi Chris if using flash is an option for you, you may want to check out [maani.us](http://www.maani.us/xml_charts/) (which makes it easy to plot data on a graph - you’ll have to write the code to generate the input xml from your data). you may also want to have a look at [http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff](http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff) cheers Thibaut ---
**Author:** ![chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242/5 "2006-08-04T03:48:34Z")
Chris F. wrote: > I need to write an application that gets data from a database > and plots it on a graph. > I am familiar with java and know that I could do it with > jfreechart - however I am excited by RoR and would like to > write the application with RoR instead. > Is it possible to write it in RoR? Do you have to ask? And in true RoR style, they’re beautiful charts too. Instructions and a link to screenshots here: [http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff](http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff) - Mark. ---
**Author:** ![chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242/6 "2006-08-04T03:48:44Z")
On 8/3/06, Chris F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) its possible … but what is Ruby’s equivalent of JFreeChart? -daya ---
**Author:** ![chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 6:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242/7 "2006-08-04T06:01:46Z")
On 8/3/06, Chris F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi all, > I need to write an application that gets data from a database and plots > it on a graph. > I am familiar with java and know that I could do it with jfreechart - > however I am excited by RoR and would like to write the application with > RoR instead. > Is it possible to write it in RoR? Check out Gruff - [http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff](http://nubyonrails.com/pages/gruff) ---
**Author:** ![chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 3:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242/8 "2006-08-04T03:48:41Z")
Take a look at these: [http://nubyonrails.topfunky.com/articles/2005/07/28/sparklines-graph-library-for-ruby](http://nubyonrails.topfunky.com/articles/2005/07/28/sparklines-graph-library-for-ruby) [http://nubyonrails.topfunky.com/pages/gruff](http://nubyonrails.topfunky.com/pages/gruff) [http://nubyonrails.topfunky.com/pages/sparklines](http://nubyonrails.topfunky.com/pages/sparklines) [http://nubyonrails.topfunky.com/pages/css\_graphs](http://nubyonrails.topfunky.com/pages/css_graphs) ---
**Author:** ![chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chrisfinne](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chrisfinne)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/beginning-a-statistics-application/101242/9 "2007-11-17T15:15:41Z")
Chris F. wrote: > Hi all, > I need to write an application that gets data from a database and plots > it on a graph. > I am familiar with java and know that I could do it with jfreechart - > however I am excited by RoR and would like to write the application with > RoR instead. > Is it possible to write it in RoR? > > Chris HI CHris Sorry ti ask u questiomn did u got the functionality of ploting the data from database to graph now i need to do the same thing I.m using the sparklines gems to draw the graphs in views graphs but i need to plot the data on to graphs if u have any info plz plz help me (removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid) best regards meer