I am using MVC3-ViewModel with EF model first on my project.
and the view im doing right now is a page where users should see statistic displayed with charts.
Any tips and helps is appreciated on how to be able to do this kind of stuff in a good way.
Any plugins perhaps or packages?
Thanks in advance!
As i understand, your real need is not getting the statistics data (you can do that by calling a pure SQL query or just using LINQ, its your choice), just displaying them. There’re many ways to do that but using a Javascript library like Highcharts or Flot will probably be much easier than a full blown Reporting service if you don’t need some advanced features. You don’t need advanced Javascript knowledge, most of them are documented enough to use instantly. There’re also some complementing libraries, they’re simply wrappers around those libraries so that you can use them in ASP.NET or ASP.NET MVC projects easier. Some examples:
Flot.Net – http://flotdotnet.codeplex.com/
Highcharts.net – http://highcharts.codeplex.com/
DotNet.Highcharts – http://dotnethighcharts.codeplex.com/