Chartkick
Dev tools
charting library
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
13 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Idea: 4 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple one-line Ruby API for charts
From 3 comments
Great meta graphing library. Love that Google Charts AND Highcharts are supported.
hiccup on HNThis is what i was looking for, just in time :) I had tried Highcharts but this is the most neat solution. Thanks.
vysakh0 on HNThis looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.
purephase on HN
Pairs well with groupdate for date grouping
From 3 comments
Nice, going to try this. I particularly like the groupdate concept, and might send you a pull request adding 2.X support, if that fits in line with the project goals. I should…
patio11 on HNI've been looking for something like groupdate for a long time. Time to go back and refactor...
tbrooks on HNGood stuff! The groupdate lib's really handy for quick visualization of data. Nice! For more complex visualizations, might want to check out GoogleVisualr which I created…
winstonyw on HN
Lightweight wrapper that is easy to port
From 2 comments
The ruby wrapper lib around the JS is dead simple. Could be ported to any language with ease. Very nice work!…
jqueryin on HNI wasn't going to click on this as I don't use Ruby very often, but I'm glad I did as it's mostly JavaScript with a ruby helper! If I were you I would reverse the focus and make…
jameswyse on HN
Objections
Most of the work is done by Highcharts and Google Charts
From 1 comment
This looks nice, but most of the hard work is done elsewhere. https://github.com/ankane/groupdate (by the same author) makes it simple to output the right JSON grouped by date…
tomblomfield on HN
Curved interpolated lines can misrepresent data
From 2 comments
Assuming the data for the graph shown is the dots, then the lines between them should be straight, not curved, because othrwise the graph is pretending to have higher accuracy…
cabalamat on HNNot entirely sure if this is on-topic, but why do so many graphs when told to "smooth" results simply apply a bezier curve to the data points? It results in some maximum and…
windsurfer on HN
Setup requires including Google Charts or Highcharts separately
From 2 comments
``` Error Loading Chart: Please install Google Charts or Highcharts ```
huhtenberg on HNYou have to install either library as well: -- For Google Charts, use: <%= javascript_include_tag "//www.google.com/jsapi", "chartkick" %> If you prefer Highcharts, use: <%=…
envex on HN
Requests
Support for more chart customization
From 1 comment
Can the charts be customized?
herman5 on HN
Port to a JavaScript-first library with language helpers
From 1 comment
I wasn't going to click on this as I don't use Ruby very often, but I'm glad I did as it's mostly JavaScript with a ruby helper! If I were you I would reverse the focus and make…
jameswyse on HN
Questions
Error with group method on Mongoid arrays
From 1 comment
Hmm. I'm getting a ``` undefined method `group' for #<Array:0x3a32f0c> ``` error with ``` <%= pie_chart @pixel.hits.group("referrer").count %> ``` using mongoid 3, Pixel…
hayksaakian on HN
PostGIS adapter not supported by groupdate
From 1 comment
I get "* RuntimeError Exception: Connection adapter not supported: PostGIS" when trying to use groupdate. I am using Postgresql with Postgis. Is there a workaround?
MartinDuese on HN
Alternatives named
Lazy Highcharts
From 1 comment
Lazy Highcharts has been available for quite some time: https://github.com/michelson/lazy_high_charts I highly recommend it over writing JS for your highcharts, esp if you push a…
up_and_up on HN
django-graphos
From 1 comment
We are building something similar for Django/Python: https://github.com/agiliq/django-graphos I am going to pick up some ideas from your code.
shabda on HN
GoogleVisualr
From 1 comment
Good stuff! The groupdate lib's really handy for quick visualization of data. Nice! For more complex visualizations, might want to check out GoogleVisualr which I created…
winstonyw on HN
RazorFlow
From 1 comment
If anyone's looking for similar functionality for PHP (Database-level time-grouping, time-ranged drilldowns, charts), you can check out http://razorflow.com (Disclosure: I am the…
antileet on HN