Sencha Charts Essentials

Create stunning charts and visualizations for both web and mobile applications

About This Book

• Rapidly get to grips with the fundamentals and essentials of the Sencha charting library
• Discover out-of-the-box enterprise visualizations and develop your own custom charts
• Learn to make your charts work on desktop and touch-sensitive devices

Who This Book Is For

If you are an Ext JS or Sencha Touch developer, designer, or architect who wants to build enterprise-scale data visualization capabilities using Sencha, then this book is ideal for you. You should have a knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Sencha Ext JS or Sencha Touch fundamentals, in particular. Some familiarity with SVG and HTML5 Canvas would be preferred, but not required.

In Detail

Sencha Charts is a new and powerful library used to create rich and beautiful charts for your Sencha Touch and Ext JS applications. With built-in HTML5, Sencha Charts is optimized for performance and fully supportive of gestures and touch devices to make visualizing data effortless.

First, you will get to grips with charting fundamentals using multiple tools and then engage with the Sencha Charts architecture.

You will then learn how to use out-of-the-box charts, and then create your own custom cartesian, polar, and spacefilling charts to visualize your own data.

Finally, you will see how Sencha Charts compares with other charting libraries for all your data expression needs.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Fundamentals Of Sencha Charts
Chapter 2: Working With Out-Of-The-Box Charts
Chapter 3: Sencha Charts Architecture
Chapter 4: Creating A Custom Cartesian Chart
Chapter 5: Creating A Custom Polar Chart
Chapter 6: Creating A Custom Spacefilling Chart
Chapter 7: Theming
Chapter 8: Working With Touch Gestures
Chapter 9: Comparison With Other Javascript Charting Libraries