HTML5 Charts vs Flex Charts vs Silverlight Charts – a Test of Performance
Chris Price, November 29th, 2010
This post follows on from the comparisons by Colin, of two Silverlight chart libraries, and Graham, of Flex and Silverlight chart libraries. In this post I add an HTML5 chart library into the mix. The results show that the HTML5 Charts perform easily as well as the others in HTML5 browsers (Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, IE9*).
Closure Library on the Server
Steven Hall, September 16th, 2010
Over the past few months I’ve been using the Closure Library to create my own JavaScript library that carries out some graphical processing. This is done entirely in JavaScript, using Closure’s graphics package. An important factor in the development of this library was compatibility. I wanted assurance that, no matter what browser the user hit [...]
Introducing.. Closure Tools
Steven Hall, September 6th, 2010
In November 2009, Google released their previously internal Closure Tools package, consisting of the Closure Library, Compiler and Templates, to the open-source community with the intention of allowing users to create web applications as advanced as their own. Initially considered a “20% project” for a selection of Google employees, the popularity of the Closure Tools has [...]