Hrishikesh Choudhari

As web developers, we all agree that jQuery makes JavaScript programming a whole lot easier, and FusionCharts makes charting as easy as possible. Imagine if jQuery and FusionCharts get hitched, and an awesome FusionCharts jQuery plugin is the outcome! Imagine using the familiar jQuery syntax to create charts, update and retrieve chart data and configuration, update functional and cosmetic settings of all charts. Here we introduce, the FusionCharts plugin for jQuery! And this plugin also helps you make your morning toast.
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Your users are becoming busier by the day. Your charts are packing in more info, and are becoming denser by the day. As a result, if users need more than a few seconds to grasp the significance of the data plots, we’ve lost the game. We need to provide the meta information in a concise manner to enable at-a-glance comprehension. This is where the chart caption comes into focus. It occupies a very prominent place in a chart, and a well-written caption makes a chart much easier to comprehend by an order of magnitude. In this post let us review a few tips in writing concise and telling captions.
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Announcing the release of FusionWidgets XT Service Release 1

April 25, 2012 News & Announcements
Announcing the release of FusionWidgets XT Service Release 1

We are pleased to announce the release of FusionWidgets XT Service Release 1.

Existing customers can upgrade using the Product Upgrade Center.

We have added JavaScript support for the following real-time charts:

Real-time Line chart

Real-time Area chart

Real-time Column chart

Real-time Stacked Area chart

Real-time Stacked Column chart

Real-time Dual

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JavaScript LinkedCharts in ASP.NET (C#) with FusionCharts XT – Part 4

April 18, 2012 Tutorials
JavaScript LinkedCharts in  ASP.NET (C#) with FusionCharts XT – Part 4

In the last part of FusionCharts XT with ASP.NET series, we will create LinkedCharts using MS SQL Server data and C#. LinkedCharts is a pioneering concept by FusionCharts, which allows you to create unlimited levels of drill-down using a single data source. LinkedCharts is most useful when the user requires to go from a summarized view to a granular view, such as annual revenue >> quarterly revenue >> monthly revenue…

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Drill-down JavaScript charts in ASP.NET(C#) with FusionCharts XT – Part 3

April 12, 2012 Tutorials
Drill-down JavaScript charts in ASP.NET(C#) with FusionCharts XT – Part 3

In the third part of FusionCharts XT with ASP.NET series, we will create drill-down JavaScript charts using data from MS SQL Server. Drill-down charts are best suited for situations which require the user to go from a summarized view to a granular view. Drill-down charts can present annual revenue >> quarterly revenue >> monthly revenue; or global sales >> sales by country >> sales by state >> sales by city…

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How boring charts in Microsoft Excel and a craving for pocket money gave birth to FusionCharts

April 10, 2012 News & Announcements
How boring charts in Microsoft Excel and a craving for pocket money gave birth to FusionCharts

It all began in 2002 when our CEO, all of 17-years then, was fed up of *boring* charts in Excel. This, alongside an opportunity to tap into the lack of interactive charting solutions on the web and rake in decent pocket money set the ball in motion. He figured out an innovative way using Macromedia Flash (back then) to make charts interactive and fun, published that as an article and…

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JavaScript charts using SQL Server data with FusionCharts XT – Part 2

March 30, 2012 Tutorials
JavaScript charts using SQL Server data with FusionCharts XT – Part 2

In the second part of FusionCharts XT with ASP.NET series, learn how to use SQL Server data to create JavaScript charts. We will use the .NET library bundled with FusionCharts XT to create charts in ASP.NET (C#). In the first article of this series, we saw how this .NET library reduces developer effort and generates the HTML and JavaScript required to produce interactive charts in the browser…

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JavaScript charts with ASP.NET (C#) using FusionCharts XT – Part 1

March 29, 2012 Tutorials
JavaScript charts with ASP.NET (C#) using FusionCharts XT – Part 1

FusionCharts XT with ASP.NET is a new series where we walk you through the basics of creating interactive JavaScript charts, using your .NET skills. FusionCharts Suite is the leading enterprise-grade JavaScript charting solution. Our enterprise customers have vouched for our products and support, and we keep adding newer products and features to our solution. Be it a simple column or pie chart…

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