Graphics Programs Reference
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useFuL pyThon resources
a
Official Python website (
http://python.org
)
a
NumPy and SciPy (
http://numpy.scipy.org/
)—Scientiic computing
PhP
PHP was the first language I learned when I started programming for the
web. Some people say it's messy, which it can be, but you can just as eas-
ily keep it organized. It's usually an easy setup because most web servers
already have it installed, so it's easy to jump right in.
There's a flexible PHP graphics library called GD that's also
usually included in standard installs. The library enables you to
create images from scratch or manipulate existing ones. Also a
number of PHP graphing libraries exist that enable you to cre-
ate basic charts and graphs. The most popular is the Sparklines
Graphing Library, which enables you to embed small word-size
graphs in text or add a visual component to a numeric table, as
shown in Figure 3-12.
FIGurE 3-12
Sparklines using a PHP
graphing library
Most of the time PHP is coupled with a database such as MySQL, instead
of working with a lot of CSV files, to maximize usage and to work with hefty
datasets.
useFuL php resources
a
Official PHP website (
http://php.net
)
Sparkline PHP Graphing Library (
a
http://sparkline.org
)
ProCESSING
Processing is an open-source programming language geared toward
designers and data artists. It started as a coding sketchbook in which you
could produce graphics quickly; however, it developed a lot since its early
days, and many high-quality projects have been created in Processing. For
example,
We Feel Fine
, mentioned in Chapter 1, “Telling Stories with Data,”
was created in Processing.
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