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Build Your First Data Visualization with Highcharts 8

by Christian Wenz

For over a decade, Highcharts has been one of the most widely used JavaScript charting libraries. This course teaches you how to get started with Highcharts, incorporate it in your websites, and create visualizations for your data.

What you'll learn

Using charts is the most powerful way to visualize data in web applications. In this course, Build Your First Data Visualization with Highcharts, you’ll learn to get started with one of the most widely used JavaScript charting libraries, Highcharts. First, you’ll explore how to incorporate the library into your website. Next, you’ll discover how to create your first simple chart. Finally, you’ll learn how to use different types of charts and themes. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Highcharts needed to visualize data of all kinds.

About the author

Christian Wenz is an architect, consultant and author focusing on web technologies. He wrote or co-wrote over 100 books, is a fixture at international developer conferences since 2001, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Developer Technologies since 2004, and the main author of the official Zend PHP certification. His day job includes conducting security audits, migrating old code bases, implementing complex web applications and helping companies choose the right web strategy an... more

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