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Highcharts vs Matplotlib: What are the differences?
- Supported platforms: Highcharts is a JavaScript-based charting library that can be used in any web browser, while Matplotlib is a plotting library for Python, making it suitable for desktop and server-based applications.
- Ease of use: Highcharts provides a user-friendly API that allows developers to quickly create interactive charts with minimal code. On the other hand, Matplotlib requires more code and configuration to achieve similar results.
- Customization options: Highcharts offers a wide range of customization options, such as colors, styles, and animations, allowing users to create visually appealing charts. In contrast, Matplotlib provides a comprehensive set of customization features that enable fine-grained control over the appearance of plots.
- Data handling: Highcharts has built-in support for handling dynamic data updates, making it suitable for real-time applications. Matplotlib, on the other hand, requires manual updates to the plot when handling dynamic data.
- Chart types: Highcharts supports a wide variety of chart types, including line charts, bar charts, pie charts, and more, making it suitable for various data visualization needs. Matplotlib also provides a diverse range of plot types, but not as extensive as Highcharts.
- Integration with other frameworks: Highcharts can easily be integrated with popular web frameworks, such as Angular, React, and Vue.js. Matplotlib, being a Python library, can also be integrated with these frameworks through appropriate packages, but the ease of integration may vary.
In summary, Highcharts is a JavaScript-based charting library that offers ease of use, extensive customization options, and support for various chart types, while Matplotlib is a Python plotting library that provides fine-grained control over plots and can be integrated with other frameworks.
Advice on Highcharts and Matplotlib
Shaik Abdullah
I have used highcharts and it is pretty awesome for my previous project. now as I am about to start my new project I want to use other charting libraries such as recharts, chart js, Nivo, d3 js.... my upcoming project might use react js as front end and laravel as a backend technology. the project would be of hotel management type. please suggest me the best charts to use
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Darren Adams
Senior Developer at Burning Glass Technologies · | 2 upvotes · 138.2K views
I've used Highcharts with both Angular Js Reactive applications (render as ReactJs) and also a bit of D3. Personally I found Highcharts to be the easiest to use but, with still quite a good level of customisability if you need it. graphs and charts then give D3 a try.
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Pros of Highcharts
- Low learning curve and powerful34
- Multiple chart types such as pie, bar, line and others17
- Responsive charts13
- Handles everything you throw at it9
- Extremely easy-to-parse documentation8
- Built-in export chart as-is to image file5
- Easy to customize color scheme and palettes5
- Export on server side, can be used in email1
Pros of Matplotlib
- The standard Swiss Army Knife of plotting10
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Cons of Highcharts
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- Expensive9
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- Lots of code5
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What is Highcharts?
Highcharts currently supports line, spline, area, areaspline, column, bar, pie, scatter, angular gauges, arearange, areasplinerange, columnrange, bubble, box plot, error bars, funnel, waterfall and polar chart types.
What is Matplotlib?
It is a Python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures in a variety of hardcopy formats and interactive environments across platforms. It can be used in Python scripts, the Python and IPython shells, the Jupyter notebook, web application servers, and four graphical user interface toolkits.
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What are some alternatives to Highcharts and Matplotlib?
D3.js
It is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. Emphasises on web standards gives you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework.
amCharts
amCharts is an advanced charting library that will suit any data visualization need. Our charting solution include Column, Bar, Line, Area, Step, Step without risers, Smoothed line, Candlestick, OHLC, Pie/Donut, Radar/ Polar, XY/Scatter/Bubble, Bullet, Funnel/Pyramid charts as well as Gauges.
Tableau
Tableau can help anyone see and understand their data. Connect to almost any database, drag and drop to create visualizations, and share with a click.
Google Charts
It is an interactive Web service that creates graphical charts from user-supplied information. The user supplies data and a formatting specification expressed in JavaScript embedded in a Web page; in response the service sends an image of the chart.
ECharts
It is an open source visualization library implemented in JavaScript, runs smoothly on PCs and mobile devices, and is compatible with most current browsers.