Charting the rails

Rails
1

Hi,

There are a multitude of options for charting in rails.

While looking I found Ziya, Open Flash Charts, Google API.

Which have you used and what where your experiences with them? Which
one do you recommend?

–
M.

2

I like Open Flash Charts and the Rails interface to it. Have no info
on the rest.

3

There are a multitude of options for charting in rails.

While looking I found Ziya, Open Flash Charts, Google API.

Which have you used and what where your experiences with them? Which
one do you recommend?

There’s a new one out there called ProtoChart which is all client
side, no javascript. Seems pretty neat. I’ve used it for a basic Pie
chart and it worked fine. Haven’t really hammered on it though.

http://www.deensoft.com/lab/protochart/index.php

I’d second open flash charts which I have put quite a bit of data
through. I had some issues with the ruby library (this was about 4
months ago) and had to tweak some things but sent patches back so
hopefully they’ve made it in. Takes a little getting used to it does
a pretty nice job.

I can say I wouldn’t recommend AnyChart – at least version 3.0. The
way it wanted it’s data drove me nuts. Looks like they are at version
5 so maybe it’s changed, but with the free options out there…

-philip

4

Opencharts development is quite active now and they have rewritten
from scratch. It is called the Opencharts 2 plugin.

5

I’m not a fan of the static image ones. I like the flash libs out
there better. These are my favorite:

I use them on Cashboard…example here:
http://info.getcashboard.com/topics/reporting-and-visualization

Good luck with your search.

seth - subimage llc

http://sublog.subimage.com

Cashboard - Estimates, invoices, and time tracking software - for free!
http://www.getcashboard.com

Substruct - Open source RoR e-commerce software.
http://code.google.com/p/substruct/

6

FusionCharts has rich collection of chart components and they are
interactive too.
I used FusionCharts about an year ago and I would recommend it (it’s a
not free though)

Did you look at SparkLines and Yahoo UI (Charting components) ?

-Pavan