I am developing a web application using Spring. I need to plot graphs and display them to the user. The values are stored in a database. How do I achieve this?
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I am developing a web application using Spring. I need to plot graphs and display them to the user. The values are stored in a database. How do I achieve this?
You have to decide where do you want to create the charts. You have two options:
Each way has its own advantages and limitations – you have to decide for your specific use case.
If you render the charts on server side you are limited regarding interactivity but you clients don’t need much performance to render the charts. Here you have to think about caching to protect your server performance.
On the client side you have to deal with diffent browsers and must think about the client render performance.
If 2. is ok for you, I would recommend using javascript – so your users don’t need to install any plugins like flash and you have a lot of possibilites to create nice charts.
There are some nice frameworks to create charts using javascript, for example: