In this blog post we will build the financial chart that you see below. This is a candlestick chart created with MindFusion Charting for JavaScript. We use data from the platform TraderMade. The data comes in a continuous stream as a WebSocket. The blog post explains how to get the data, how to parse it and how to create and customize the chart. The chart also offers the user to change the data interval and to zoom in/out the chart.
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Custom Grid Drawing in Charting for JavaScript
In this blog post we will look in short at the steps to build this JavaScript area chart with custom grid:
The line chart uses DateTimeSeries for the data and a standard GridType for the major grid lines. The auxiliary grid lines among them are made with custom drawing: we will discuss in details the code for that.
The sample uses MindFusion Charting library for JavaScript, which also supports TypeScript.
You can see the sample online at https://mindfusion.eu/samples/javascript/chart/CustomGrid/DateTimeSeries.html
Two Ways to Load A MindFusion Java Swing Library From Maven In a NetBeans Project
In this blog post we will look at two ways to load the Scheduling library for Java Swing from Maven using Apache NetBeans IDE. In our previous blog post we looked at how to add the library from a local *.jar file. Now we will load it interactively from Maven. MindFusion’s repositories on Maven can be found at https://search.maven.org/search?q=mindfusion.
In the sections below we will look on how to load the Scheduling library from Maven and use it in a:
- Maven project
- Gradle project
We test that the scheduling library was successfully loaded by showing a simple calendar:
3 Ways to Add a Local JPlanner.jar to Your Project in Apache NetBeans
In this blog post we will look at 3 different ways to add the JPlanner.jar library to your project in the NetBeans IDE. The projects are:
- Java Application with Maven
- Java Application wtih Gradle
- Java Appliation with Ant
We assume you have downloaded the JPlanner.jar either with the trial version of Scheduling for Java Swing or with one of the samples.
I. Java Application with Maven
Right click on the “Dependencies” node in your project tree and choose “Add Dependency”:
Building a Mekko Chart In React
In this tutorial we will use the BarChart control from the JavaScript Charting library to build a mekko chart in React. The final chart is shown below: