Introducing: Rocketcharts, Open-source HTML5 Financial/Statistical Charts
// Utilizing HTML5′s canvas, I present to you my newest open-source project: Rocketcharts. I am following the “release early, release often” mantra for this project, so I’d keep it out of production code for the moment. Speaking of code, how did I generate the above interactive chart? <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.rocketcharts.com/rocketcharts.js”></script> <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://www.rocketcharts.com/js/jquery-1.5.1.min.js”></script> <script [...]
Raster Text In HTML5 Canvas
I love HTML5′s canvas. Armed with only a modern browser, we now have access to a plethora of drawing/imaging functionality with no third-party plugins required! However, life isn’t all sunshine and bikinis quite yet; echoed across the interwebs is one resounding cry: “drawText is performance murder.” Wouldn’t you know it, the new opensource project I [...]