In this post we will create a simple pie chart that is easy to feed data to. This example is coded for readability and not for optimized operation. All you need is a text editor like notepad and an HTML5 friendly browser (I’m using Firefox 3.6). <!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset=”UTF-8″ /> <title>Canvas Test</title> [...]
This is post 3 of a multipart series of posts. All of the code to try this example for yourself is included here but much of it is explained in the previous posts. The first and second parts can be found here. Graphing Data in the HTML5 Canvas Element Part I Graphing Data in the [...]
This is post 2 of a multipart series of posts. The first part can be found here… http://html5.litten.com/graphing-data-in-the-html5-canvas-element-part-i/ In this post we will do the following. Move the graph to the center of a larger canvas Add a meaningful background Add labels to the x and y axes This will allow us to go from [...]
One of the most popular applications of the canvas element in HTML5 is graphing data. In the first part of this multipart series we will start with a very simple example of how to plot data on a graph that is drawn on a canvas element. Then we can build on these basic concepts to [...]