20 Fresh JavaScript Data Visualization Libraries. There are plenty of JavaScript libraries out there for rendering your otherwise plain and boring numerical data into beautiful, interactive, and informative visualizations. The beauty of using JavaScript for data visualization is that, if created correctly, your data will be highly accessible (usually via HTML tables). A long time ago (2008), I wrote about JavaScript solutions for graphing and charting data and this article revisits the topic with twenty more JavaScript libraries that you can use to bring your data to life. 1.
Highcharts Highcharts is one of the most promising JavaScript charting libraries to hit the scene recently, with its large array of features including seven charting types (line, pie, and bar among them), the ability to zoom in and out of charts, and tooltips for offering more information about data points. 2. gRaphaël gRaphaël is a charting library based on Raphaël, a vector graphics drawing JavaScript library. 3. 4. jQuery Visualize Plugin 5. moochart 6. 7. dygraphs. Ensemble Spreadsheet Builder. Getting Started The Spreadsheet builder allows you to generate empty spreadsheets that will contain headers which are consistent with metadata standard element names. For example, if using the "description" element from Dublin Core Schema, the aplication will generate a header like: dc:description.
This header is standard since the prefix for Dublin Core is usually DC followed by ':' and the element name being used (description in this example). On the other hand, the generated spreadsheet not only contains metadata fields header, which is useful when using for example Exhibit spreadsheets, but also allows to generate Fedora datastreams headers. Start Spreadsheet creation. Reference Documentation for Exhibit - SIMILE Widgets. SIMILE Project. SIMILE Widgets. Visual Library.