Glenn Smith
2005-Apr-12 09:32 UTC
A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
Does anybody have any recommendations for a good tool (doesn''t have to be free) for generating graphs to be published to a webpage (ie. from a Rails app) Thanks Glenn
Karol Hosiawa
2005-Apr-12 09:58 UTC
Re: A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
Glenn Smith wrote:>Does anybody have any recommendations for a good tool (doesn''t have to >be free) for generating graphs to be published to a webpage (ie. from >a Rails app) > >Thanks > >Glenn > > >There are a few chart libraries in Ruby Application Archive: http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=chart This one looks seems OK: http://www.cozmixng.org/~rwiki/?cmd=view;name=gdchart -- Best Karol Hosiawa hosiawak-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Jarkko Laine
2005-Apr-12 12:02 UTC
Re: A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
There''s also SVG::Graph [1] but it has some bugs and the bug tracker seems to be very inactive. I''m looking for one, too, but haven''t found a winner yet. //jarkko [1] http://www.germane-software.com/software/SVG/SVG::Graph/ On 12.4.2005, at 12:58, Karol Hosiawa wrote:> Glenn Smith wrote: > >> Does anybody have any recommendations for a good tool (doesn''t have to >> be free) for generating graphs to be published to a webpage (ie. from >> a Rails app) >> >> Thanks >> >> Glenn >> >> > There are a few chart libraries in Ruby Application Archive: > http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=chart > > This one looks seems OK: > http://www.cozmixng.org/~rwiki/?cmd=view;name=gdchart > > -- > Best > Karol Hosiawa > hosiawak-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Jarkko Laine http://jlaine.net http://odesign.fi _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Glenn Smith
2005-Apr-12 14:25 UTC
Re: A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
I''ve had a look at those in RAA (thanks Karol) and am looking at GD ones. I did look into the SVG stuff but it seems people who access my site would need to download an SVG viewer for their browser which may not be an option for some of my customers (their browsers are likely to be locked down for security purposes). On Apr 12, 2005 1:02 PM, Jarkko Laine <jarkko-k1O+Gnc6WpmsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> There''s also SVG::Graph [1] but it has some bugs and the bug tracker > seems to be very inactive. I''m looking for one, too, but haven''t found > a winner yet. > > //jarkko > > [1] http://www.germane-software.com/software/SVG/SVG::Graph/ > > On 12.4.2005, at 12:58, Karol Hosiawa wrote: > > > Glenn Smith wrote: > > > >> Does anybody have any recommendations for a good tool (doesn''t have to > >> be free) for generating graphs to be published to a webpage (ie. from > >> a Rails app) > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Glenn > >> > >> > > There are a few chart libraries in Ruby Application Archive: > > http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=chart > > > > This one looks seems OK: > > http://www.cozmixng.org/~rwiki/?cmd=view;name=gdchart > > > > -- > > Best > > Karol Hosiawa > > hosiawak-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > -- > Jarkko Laine > http://jlaine.net > http://odesign.fi > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > >
Flurin Egger
2005-Apr-12 14:28 UTC
Re: A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
I took a look at this some time ago, but the SVG ones are not really suitable for web-app use I think. People mostly don''t have an SVG viewer installed. I tried to do SVG -> PNG conversion, but it was way to slow to do per-request. The GD ones look the "best" at the moment. Kind Regards, Flurin Egger Glenn Smith wrote:>I''ve had a look at those in RAA (thanks Karol) and am looking at GD ones. > >I did look into the SVG stuff but it seems people who access my site >would need to download an SVG viewer for their browser which may not >be an option for some of my customers (their browsers are likely to be >locked down for security purposes). > > > > >On Apr 12, 2005 1:02 PM, Jarkko Laine <jarkko-k1O+Gnc6WpmsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > >>There''s also SVG::Graph [1] but it has some bugs and the bug tracker >>seems to be very inactive. I''m looking for one, too, but haven''t found >>a winner yet. >> >>//jarkko >> >>[1] http://www.germane-software.com/software/SVG/SVG::Graph/ >> >>On 12.4.2005, at 12:58, Karol Hosiawa wrote: >> >> >> >>>Glenn Smith wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Does anybody have any recommendations for a good tool (doesn''t have to >>>>be free) for generating graphs to be published to a webpage (ie. from >>>>a Rails app) >>>> >>>>Thanks >>>> >>>>Glenn >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>There are a few chart libraries in Ruby Application Archive: >>>http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=chart >>> >>>This one looks seems OK: >>>http://www.cozmixng.org/~rwiki/?cmd=view;name=gdchart >>> >>>-- >>>Best >>>Karol Hosiawa >>>hosiawak-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Rails mailing list >>>Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >>>http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>Jarkko Laine >>http://jlaine.net >>http://odesign.fi >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Rails mailing list >>Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >>http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> >> >> >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Rails mailing list >Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >
Jarkko Laine
2005-Apr-12 16:52 UTC
Re: A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
Flurin, Which one of the GD wrappers do you like best? It seems to me that the documentation is not the best part of any of them. //jarkko On 12.4.2005, at 17:28, Flurin Egger wrote:> I took a look at this some time ago, but the SVG ones are not really > suitable for web-app use I think. People mostly don''t have an SVG > viewer installed. I tried to do SVG -> PNG conversion, but it was way > to slow to do per-request. > > The GD ones look the "best" at the moment. > > Kind Regards, > Flurin Egger > > Glenn Smith wrote: > >> I''ve had a look at those in RAA (thanks Karol) and am looking at GD >> ones. >> >> I did look into the SVG stuff but it seems people who access my site >> would need to download an SVG viewer for their browser which may not >> be an option for some of my customers (their browsers are likely to be >> locked down for security purposes). >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 12, 2005 1:02 PM, Jarkko Laine <jarkko-k1O+Gnc6WpmsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> >>> There''s also SVG::Graph [1] but it has some bugs and the bug tracker >>> seems to be very inactive. I''m looking for one, too, but haven''t >>> found >>> a winner yet. >>> >>> //jarkko >>> >>> [1] http://www.germane-software.com/software/SVG/SVG::Graph/ >>> >>> On 12.4.2005, at 12:58, Karol Hosiawa wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Glenn Smith wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Does anybody have any recommendations for a good tool (doesn''t >>>>> have to >>>>> be free) for generating graphs to be published to a webpage (ie. >>>>> from >>>>> a Rails app) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Glenn >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> There are a few chart libraries in Ruby Application Archive: >>>> http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=chart >>>> >>>> This one looks seems OK: >>>> http://www.cozmixng.org/~rwiki/?cmd=view;name=gdchart >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Best >>>> Karol Hosiawa >>>> hosiawak-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Rails mailing list >>>> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Jarkko Laine >>> http://jlaine.net >>> http://odesign.fi >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rails mailing list >>> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Jarkko Laine http://jlaine.net http://odesign.fi _______________________________________________ Rails mailing list Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails
Glenn Smith
2005-Apr-12 18:00 UTC
Re: A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
Ruby-GDChart of them doesn''t seem to have changed since 2002! The one I''m trying is the other gdchart one but I haven''t yet succeeded in getting everything it needs installed on my Windows PC at work. I really need to create charts for a new web project they''ve handed me at work and I was hoping to continue with it using RubyOnRails (like my current project) but not sure I''m going to be able to. Looks like a big hole in the ruby library at the moment ... On Apr 12, 2005 5:52 PM, Jarkko Laine <jarkko-k1O+Gnc6WpmsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Flurin, > > Which one of the GD wrappers do you like best? It seems to me that the > documentation is not the best part of any of them. > > //jarkko > > On 12.4.2005, at 17:28, Flurin Egger wrote: > > > I took a look at this some time ago, but the SVG ones are not really > > suitable for web-app use I think. People mostly don''t have an SVG > > viewer installed. I tried to do SVG -> PNG conversion, but it was way > > to slow to do per-request. > > > > The GD ones look the "best" at the moment. > > > > Kind Regards, > > Flurin Egger > > > > Glenn Smith wrote: > > > >> I''ve had a look at those in RAA (thanks Karol) and am looking at GD > >> ones. > >> > >> I did look into the SVG stuff but it seems people who access my site > >> would need to download an SVG viewer for their browser which may not > >> be an option for some of my customers (their browsers are likely to be > >> locked down for security purposes). > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Apr 12, 2005 1:02 PM, Jarkko Laine <jarkko-k1O+Gnc6WpmsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> > >>> There''s also SVG::Graph [1] but it has some bugs and the bug tracker > >>> seems to be very inactive. I''m looking for one, too, but haven''t > >>> found > >>> a winner yet. > >>> > >>> //jarkko > >>> > >>> [1] http://www.germane-software.com/software/SVG/SVG::Graph/ > >>> > >>> On 12.4.2005, at 12:58, Karol Hosiawa wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Glenn Smith wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> Does anybody have any recommendations for a good tool (doesn''t > >>>>> have to > >>>>> be free) for generating graphs to be published to a webpage (ie. > >>>>> from > >>>>> a Rails app) > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks > >>>>> > >>>>> Glenn > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> There are a few chart libraries in Ruby Application Archive: > >>>> http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=chart > >>>> > >>>> This one looks seems OK: > >>>> http://www.cozmixng.org/~rwiki/?cmd=view;name=gdchart > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Best > >>>> Karol Hosiawa > >>>> hosiawak-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Rails mailing list > >>>> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> Jarkko Laine > >>> http://jlaine.net > >>> http://odesign.fi > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Rails mailing list > >>> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Rails mailing list > >> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > -- > Jarkko Laine > http://jlaine.net > http://odesign.fi > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > >
Flurin Egger
2005-Apr-12 18:59 UTC
Re: A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
Jarkko, It was quite a while ago, I was experimenting with a library called GRuby. It worked pretty well and was one with "better" documentation (still bad, but with the examples I managed to make something of it). As GD is a pretty flexible framework, I later took it upon myself to build my own graphing library, but in the course of development, I dropped the project, as I only needed simple graphs which I could make with html itself. However, I''m currently working on a app that''ll need pie-charts and those are pretty hard to create with HTML ;) Regards, Flurin Jarkko Laine wrote:> Flurin, > > Which one of the GD wrappers do you like best? It seems to me that the > documentation is not the best part of any of them. > > //jarkko > > On 12.4.2005, at 17:28, Flurin Egger wrote: > >> I took a look at this some time ago, but the SVG ones are not really >> suitable for web-app use I think. People mostly don''t have an SVG >> viewer installed. I tried to do SVG -> PNG conversion, but it was way >> to slow to do per-request. >> >> The GD ones look the "best" at the moment. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Flurin Egger >> >> Glenn Smith wrote: >> >>> I''ve had a look at those in RAA (thanks Karol) and am looking at GD >>> ones. >>> >>> I did look into the SVG stuff but it seems people who access my site >>> would need to download an SVG viewer for their browser which may not >>> be an option for some of my customers (their browsers are likely to be >>> locked down for security purposes). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 12, 2005 1:02 PM, Jarkko Laine <jarkko-k1O+Gnc6WpmsTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org> wrote: >>> >>>> There''s also SVG::Graph [1] but it has some bugs and the bug tracker >>>> seems to be very inactive. I''m looking for one, too, but haven''t found >>>> a winner yet. >>>> >>>> //jarkko >>>> >>>> [1] http://www.germane-software.com/software/SVG/SVG::Graph/ >>>> >>>> On 12.4.2005, at 12:58, Karol Hosiawa wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Glenn Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Does anybody have any recommendations for a good tool (doesn''t >>>>>> have to >>>>>> be free) for generating graphs to be published to a webpage (ie. >>>>>> from >>>>>> a Rails app) >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> Glenn >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> There are a few chart libraries in Ruby Application Archive: >>>>> http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=chart >>>>> >>>>> This one looks seems OK: >>>>> http://www.cozmixng.org/~rwiki/?cmd=view;name=gdchart >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Best >>>>> Karol Hosiawa >>>>> hosiawak-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Rails mailing list >>>>> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >>>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jarkko Laine >>>> http://jlaine.net >>>> http://odesign.fi >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Rails mailing list >>>> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >>>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rails mailing list >>> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >>> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rails mailing list >> Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >> http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >> > -- > Jarkko Laine > http://jlaine.net > http://odesign.fi > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Rails mailing list >Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >
Karol Hosiawa
2005-Apr-12 20:19 UTC
Re: A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
On Apr 12, 2005 8:59 PM, Flurin Egger <f.egger.mailings-c2BlD8dJSIudKNnQ2JlF7Q@public.gmane.org> wrote:> As GD is a pretty flexible framework, I later took it upon myself to > build my own graphing library, but in the course of development, I > dropped the project, as I only needed simple graphs which I could make > with html itself. > > However, I''m currently working on a app that''ll need pie-charts and > those are pretty hard to create with HTML ;) >Why create something that has already been created ? :) http://pub.cozmixng.org/~gallery/kou/screenshot/gdchart/ What else do you need that is not in the above library ? Now we are starting a project that will need some kind of chart library. I don''t think we''ll need anything more than pie, line or bar charts. In the RAA there are some wrapper libraries (for example Ruby wrapper for Perl GD library), we can look for something like that I think. -- Best Karol Hosiawa
Flurin Egger
2005-Apr-12 20:41 UTC
Re: A good tool for creating and publishing graphs (eg. pie chart etc.)
It''s true that these do most of the stuff I want. There are however two (three actually) reasons that I dislike these libraries: 1. Documentation is very very scarce (at the least) 2. They all feel very un-intuitive to use, i''d prefer a "railsy", "simple and clean" solution 3. Customizing the graphs would take a serious amount of time Regards, Flurin Egger Karol Hosiawa wrote:>On Apr 12, 2005 8:59 PM, Flurin Egger <f.egger.mailings-c2BlD8dJSIudKNnQ2JlF7Q@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > >>As GD is a pretty flexible framework, I later took it upon myself to >>build my own graphing library, but in the course of development, I >>dropped the project, as I only needed simple graphs which I could make >>with html itself. >> >>However, I''m currently working on a app that''ll need pie-charts and >>those are pretty hard to create with HTML ;) >> >> >> >Why create something that has already been created ? :) > >http://pub.cozmixng.org/~gallery/kou/screenshot/gdchart/ > >What else do you need that is not in the above library ? >Now we are starting a project that will need some kind of chart library. >I don''t think we''ll need anything more than pie, line or bar charts. >In the RAA there are some wrapper libraries (for example Ruby wrapper >for Perl GD library), we can look for something like that I think. > >-- >Best >Karol Hosiawa >_______________________________________________ >Rails mailing list >Rails-1W37MKcQCpIf0INCOvqR/iCwEArCW2h5@public.gmane.org >http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > >