jqPlot

What do you like best?

1. Multiple types of plotting possible in the library.

2. JQPlot is flexible enough to support all kinds of devices like desktop mobile and laptops.

3. It uses existing JQuery library for reference, so works well in hybrid kind of architecture and supports older browsers as well.

4. It is quite smooth even while plotting large amount of dataset on the browser.

5. Additionally the library supports labeling an adding tool-tips to the plotted graphs.

6. Comprehensive documents to know about different types of plots that can be done using this library.

What do you dislike?

Although the library is great, still there is learning curve to plot complex plots like trend lines , pyramid chart etc. Developer has to go through the documentations to find out all related codes to achieve the same. In older versions of browsers developer has to reference extra libraries or use specific library which are built for that specific browser.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

jqPlot is very lightweight and easy to integrate library. You don't need to look for any other library unless you are not planning to J Query as the default library for handling JavaScript in your web application.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

In my organization we are using the library to plot trends to website visit and show a comprehensive chart to the higher managements regarding the performance of the web application. Additional we are showing trends of time spent by the user on various pages/articles in the website.