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Open Flash Chart Plugin for Ruby on Rails

24 points by sant0sk1 18y ago

kennyroo 18y ago
Very nice plugin. Thanks for posting this, and to the developers for making it available. This is a much-needed addition.
tx 18y ago
I guess people at FusionCharts aren't happy. It's hard to be a commercial software tools/libraries company these days.
- markbao 18y ago
  FusionCharts DOES release a free version of their charts, though. Their paid charts are some of the best on the market. Also will suggest amCharts, they are also really good.
jotto 18y ago
This is at least 6 months old, but you won't know that because, frustratingly, there aren't any dates on this page. Check out Google's Visualization API: http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery.html http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gall... Click on the charts tab, you can even use the Google Finance chart.
- kennyroo 18y ago
  Ah... it was news to me. Interweb reception isn't good in my cave, I guess. ;-) Good point re: Google. They definitely have nice charts but I'm trying to not rely on Google for everything. I'm already using them for ads, maps, and AJAX libraries, but I don't feel comfortable putting all my eggs on one colorful Googly basket. That makes third-party solutions that I can host (like this one) especially attractive. Spread the love, and the risk...
  - Andys 18y ago
    re: maps, have you looked at OpenLayer?
callmeed 18y ago
This is very cool and I may investigate adding these to one of my projects. My biggest question is: do they print? Charts are for reporting and a lot of people still like to print reports.
PullMonkey 18y ago
Dang, this sent my page visits through the roof. So maybe some useful information - I put the open flash chart (version 2) plugin out on github - http://github.com/pullmonkey/open_flash_chart/tree/master http://github.com/pullmonkey/open_flash_chart/tree/master
- billturner 18y ago
  Thanks for making this. I had no idea it existed, and I think it'll be perfect for something I'm working on.

24 points by sant0sk1 18y ago

Very nice plugin. Thanks for posting this, and to the developers for making it available. This is a much-needed addition.

tx 18y ago

I guess people at FusionCharts aren't happy. It's hard to be a commercial software tools/libraries company these days.

markbao 18y ago
FusionCharts DOES release a free version of their charts, though. Their paid charts are some of the best on the market. Also will suggest amCharts, they are also really good.

jotto 18y ago

This is at least 6 months old, but you won't know that because, frustratingly, there aren't any dates on this page. Check out Google's Visualization API: http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery.html http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gall... Click on the charts tab, you can even use the Google Finance chart.

kennyroo 18y ago
Ah... it was news to me. Interweb reception isn't good in my cave, I guess. ;-) Good point re: Google. They definitely have nice charts but I'm trying to not rely on Google for everything. I'm already using them for ads, maps, and AJAX libraries, but I don't feel comfortable putting all my eggs on one colorful Googly basket. That makes third-party solutions that I can host (like this one) especially attractive. Spread the love, and the risk...
- Andys 18y ago
  re: maps, have you looked at OpenLayer?

callmeed 18y ago

This is very cool and I may investigate adding these to one of my projects. My biggest question is: do they print? Charts are for reporting and a lot of people still like to print reports.

PullMonkey 18y ago

Dang, this sent my page visits through the roof. So maybe some useful information - I put the open flash chart (version 2) plugin out on github - http://github.com/pullmonkey/open_flash_chart/tree/master http://github.com/pullmonkey/open_flash_chart/tree/master

billturner 18y ago
Thanks for making this. I had no idea it existed, and I think it'll be perfect for something I'm working on.