What is Chart js, and what is Chart js used for?
Chart js helps you draw charts and visualize data in a quick and easy manner with Javascript. Chart js is an open-source javascript library and is a well-known chart drawing library in Javascript. It comes with 8 different types of charts such as bar and line.
What are the 8 charts that Chart js enable you to draw?
Chart js has 8 different chart type that are working right out of the box. The 8 different chart that Chart js allows you to draw are:
- Bar Chart
- Line Chart
- Doughnut
- Pie Chart
- Radar Chart
- Polar Area Chart
- Scatter Chart
- Bubble Chart
- Mixed Chart Types
Besides the 8 chart options it allows a mixture of existing chart types and combining them together. However, Chart js is not very restricting as it allows even more chart types one you understand how to draw in the canvas API.
If you are familiar with the canvas API you can quickly customize chart js and create unique chart types.