AnyChart

AnyChart is a JavaScript library for cross-platform data visualization in the form of interactive charts and dashboards. It was initially available as a Flash chart component and integrated as such by Oracle in APEX.

History

AnyChart was first developed in 2003 as a Flash chart component to visualize XML data.[citation needed]

In 2007, Oracle licensed AnyChart to implement Flash charting in Oracle Application Express (APEX) used by 100,000 developers monthly as of March 2007.[1][2][3]

With the APEX 4.2 release in 2012, AnyChart 6 was introduced with the support of HTML5 charts based on SVG rendering in addition to Flash charts. Version 7.x of AnyChart was already completely based on JavaScript and HTML5.[2]

AnyChart 8.x first released in 2017 has a modular system and supports more than 90 chart types, including variations of basic charts, Gantt charts, meteorological and environmental data graphs (such as air temperature and precipitation, depth measures [4]), and maps, along with custom drawing and diverse options to work with data. In 2019, it also became available as visualization extensions for Qlik Sense.[5][6]

License

AnyChart is free for non-profit use and requires a paid license for use in commercial software. Its source code is open on GitHub since release 7.13.0. The library's graphics rendering engine is available under the free BSD license; it was tweaked from AnyChart and open-sourced as a separate JavaScript API under the name of GraphicsJS in 2016.[7][8][9]

Awards

AnyChart has industry awards. In 2016, ProgrammableWeb named it one of the most interesting big data and analytics APIs.[10]

In 2018, AnyChart won a DEVIES award at DeveloperWeek in California for the Best Innovation in JavaScript Technology.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Oracle has big ambitions for Application Express". InfoWorld. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Gault, Doug; Gielis, Dimitri; DSouza, Martin; Hartman, Roel; Mattamal, Raj; Kennedy, Sharon; Kubicek, Denes; Hichwa, Michael; et al. (20 August 2015). Expert Oracle Application Express (2 ed.). Apress. ISBN 9781484204849.
  3. ^ "Développement : Oracle livre APEX en version 4". Le Monde Informatique [fr] (in French). 25 June 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Weather | Environmental Data Center".
  5. ^ "JavaScript-Bibliothek für Diagramme: AnyChart 8.2.0 erschienen". entwickler.de (in German). 11 April 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ^ "AnyChart JS 8.0.0 et 8.1.0 : découvrez la nouvelle génération de modules de graphiques". Developpez.com (in French). 16 January 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  7. ^ Jake Rocheleau (9 December 2017). "GraphicsJS Lets You Create Any Web Graphics You Can Imagine". Hongkiat. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  8. ^ "GraphicsJS : dessinez des courbes, des images et des animations". Developpez.com (in French). 12 October 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  9. ^ "AnyChart открыла код JavaScript библиотек для визуализации данных в рамках релиза 7.13.0". Cnews [ru] (in Russian). 2 March 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Most Interesting APIs in 2016: Big Data and Data Analytics". ProgrammableWeb. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Best in Developer Tech: 2018 DEVIES Award Winners Named at DeveloperWeek". DZone. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  12. ^ "2018 DEVIES Winners". DeveloperWeek. Retrieved 9 December 2019.