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Learn Chart.js

You're reading from   Learn Chart.js Create interactive visualizations for the Web with Chart.js 2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789342482
Length 284 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Technology Fundamentals 3. Chart.js - Quick Start 4. Creating Charts 5. Scales and Grid Configuration 6. Configuring Styles and Interactivity 7. Advanced Chart.js 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating a simple bar chart


Now that you have a working environment set up, let's get started and create a simple bar chart. You can type in the code as we go along, but you can also download the full working examples from the GitHub repository for this chapter. Each screenshot and code listing in this book contains a reference to the file used to produce it.

Setting up the graphics context

Charts are displayed inside the graphics context provided by an HTML Canvas object. There are many ways to create one; the simplest way is to use plain HTML. Place a <canvas> element somewhere inside <body>. It should have an ID attribute, as follows:

<canvas id="my-bar-chart" width="200" height="200"></canvas>

Chart.js graphics are responsive by default. The chart will fit in the available space: the height and width attributes won't affect the actual size of the chart (unless you change the defaults).

You can obtain a JavaScript handle to the canvas object using DOM (or JQuery) in...

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