Visualizing Data with Swift Charts
An important way for information and data to be presented more simply and effectively is by conveying them in a more visually understandable way. Looking at a list of data such as a spreadsheet can be difficult for a majority of users, especially the more robust and complex it becomes.
A way to make data more readable and understandable is through charts. They transform information in a way that’s more aesthetically pleasing while providing opportunities to better represent data within data (e.g., patterns, trends, etc.). Charts have helped visualize data in software for decades, even before graphics were a thing and they needed to be built using text-based characters.
Charts are incredibly useful in apps today, as well. That’s why Apple introduced Swift Charts, a new framework that offers to centralize and take on much of the heavy lifting when it comes to building charts.
By the end of this chapter, you will learn how to leverage...
