AnyChart
{{Short description|JavaScript library}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
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.{{cn|date=April 2022}}
In 2007, Oracle licensed AnyChart to implement Flash charting in Oracle Application Express (APEX) used by 100,000 developers monthly as of March 2007.{{Cite web |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2661945/oracle-has-big-ambitions-for-application-express.html |title=Oracle has big ambitions for Application Express |website=InfoWorld |date=26 March 2007 |access-date=9 December 2019}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p9H4GKKu638C |last10=Scott |first10=John |last1=Gault |first1=Doug |last8=Hichwa |first8=Michael |last11=Nielsen |first11=Anton |last3=DSouza |first3=Martin |last2=Gielis |first2=Dimitri |last4=Hartman |first4=Roel |last5=Mattamal |first5= Raj |last7=Kubicek |first7=Denes |last9=McGhan |first9=Dan |last6=Kennedy |first6=Sharon |last12=Mignault |first12=Francis |last13=Rimblas |first13=Jorge |last14=Buytaert |first14=Nick |last15=Cannell |first15=Karen |last16=Peake |first16=David |last17=Ruepprich |first17=Christoph |last18=Petrus |first18=Tom |display-authors=8 |date=20 August 2015 |title=Expert Oracle Application Express |edition=2 |publisher=Apress |isbn=9781484204849}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-developpement-oracle-livre-apex-en-version-4-31014.html |title=Développement : Oracle livre APEX en version 4 |website={{ill|Le Monde Informatique|fr}} |language=fr |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=9 December 2019}}
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.
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 {{cite web | url=https://www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/monitoring/abiotic/weather-anychart.php | title=Weather | Environmental Data Center }}), 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.{{Cite web |url=https://entwickler.de/online/javascript/javascript-anychart-8-2-579836203.html |title=JavaScript-Bibliothek für Diagramme: AnyChart 8.2.0 erschienen |website=entwickler.de |language=de |date=11 April 2018 |access-date=9 December 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://javascript.developpez.com/actu/183031/AnyChart-JS-8-0-0-et-8-1-0-decouvrez-la-nouvelle-generation-de-modules-de-graphiques-pour-le-framework-JavaScript-de-graphiques-oriente-HTML5/ |title=AnyChart JS 8.0.0 et 8.1.0 : découvrez la nouvelle génération de modules de graphiques |newspaper=Developpez.com |language=fr |date=16 January 2018 |access-date=9 December 2019}}
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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/graphicsjs/ |title=GraphicsJS Lets You Create Any Web Graphics You Can Imagine |author=Jake Rocheleau |website=Hongkiat |date=9 December 2017 |access-date=9 December 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://javascript.developpez.com/actu/105201/GraphicsJS-dessinez-des-courbes-des-images-et-des-animations-grace-a-cette-bibliotheque-JavaScript-SVG-VML/ |title=GraphicsJS : dessinez des courbes, des images et des animations |website=Developpez.com |language=fr |date=12 October 2016 |access-date=9 December 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnews.ru/news/line/2017-03-02_anychart_otkryla_kod_javascript_bibliotek_dlya |title=AnyChart открыла код JavaScript библиотек для визуализации данных в рамках релиза 7.13.0 |website={{ill|Cnews|ru}} |language=ru |date=2 March 2017 |access-date=9 December 2019}}
Awards
AnyChart has industry awards. In 2016, ProgrammableWeb named it one of the most interesting big data and analytics APIs.{{Cite web |url=https://www.programmableweb.com/news/programmablewebs-most-interesting-apis-2016-big-data-and-data-analytics/brief/2016/12/27 |title=Most Interesting APIs in 2016: Big Data and Data Analytics |website=ProgrammableWeb |date=27 December 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019}}
In 2018, AnyChart won a DEVIES award at DeveloperWeek in California for the Best Innovation in JavaScript Technology.{{Cite web |url=https://dzone.com/articles/best-in-developer-tech-2018-devies-award-winners-n |title=Best in Developer Tech: 2018 DEVIES Award Winners Named at DeveloperWeek |website=DZone |date=9 February 2018 |access-date=9 December 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.developerweek.com/awards/2018-devies-winners/ |title=2018 DEVIES Winners |website=DeveloperWeek |access-date=9 December 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://www.anychart.com}}
Category:JavaScript visualization toolkits
Category:Data and information visualization software