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'''AnyChart''' is a JavaScript library for data visualization in the form of cross-platform interactive charts and dashboards. First developed in 2003 as a Flash chart component to visualize XML data, it added HTML5 support based on SVG rendering and ported to JavaScript completely in 2014. Currently versioned 8.x and implementing a modular system, AnyChart supports more than 90 chart types including variations of basic charts, Gantt charts, stock graphs and maps, flexible custom drawing, and multiple options to work with data. With developers claiming it to be a "one-size-fits-all" tool, it works with all major languages, frameworks and databases.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://entwickler.de/online/javascript/javascript-anychart-8-2-579836203.html |title=JavaScript-Bibliothek für Diagramme: AnyChart 8.2.0 erschienen |website=entwickler.de |language=de |date=11 April 2018 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://javascript.developpez.com/actu/183031/AnyChart-JS-8-0-0-et-8-1-0-decouvrez-la-nouvelle-generation-de-modules-de-graphiques-pour-le-framework-JavaScript-de-graphiques-oriente-HTML5/ |title=AnyChart JS 8.0.0 et 8.1.0 : découvrez la nouvelle génération de modules de graphiques |website={{ill|Developpez.com|fr}} |language=fr |date=16 January 2018 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://magazines.insightssuccess.com/Top-Creative-Leaders-Innovating-in-Business-2019-May2019/#page=40 |title=Timothy Loginov: From a Freelance Technical Writer to a Successful Tech Entrepreneur |magazine=Insights Success |date=May 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.anychart.com/blog/2014/08/29/anychart-7-released/ |title=AnyChart 7 Released |website=AnyChart News |date=29 August 2014 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
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In 2007, Oracle licensed AnyChart as the charting technology to "significantly improve" data visualization in [[Oracle Application Express|Oracle Application Express (APEX)]] used by 100,000 developers monthly as reported in March 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2661945/oracle-has-big-ambitions-for-application-express.html |title=Oracle has big ambitions for Application Express |website=[[InfoWorld]] |date=26 March 2007 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-developpement-oracle-livre-apex-en-version-4-31014.html |title=Développement : Oracle livre APEX en version 4 |website={{ill|Le Monde Informatique|fr}} |language=fr |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.anychart.com/company/success_stories/stories/anychart-case-study-oracle-apex.pdf |title=Oracle Chooses AnyChart Solution for Latest Release of Oracle® Application Express |website=AnyChart |date=2007 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dgielis.blogspot.com/2011/03/get-most-out-of-your-charts-in-apex.html |title=Get most out of your Charts in APEX |website=Dimitri Gielis (APEX Blog) |date=11 March 2011 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zalPCwAAQBAJ |last=Gault |first=Doug |date=30 December 2015 |title=Beginning Oracle Application Express 5 |publisher=[[Apress]] |isbn=9781484204665}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbNTfxb01dgC |last=Bourouis |first=Ahcène |date=2009 |title=Oracle APEX (Oracle Application Express): développement rapide d'applications Web pour Oracle |publisher=Editions ENI |language=fr |isbn=9782746052444}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p9H4GKKu638C |last1=Scott |first1=John |last2=Gault |first2=Doug |last3=Hichwa |first3=Michael |last4=Nielsen |first4=Anton |last5=DSouza |first5=Martin |last6=Gielis |first6=Dimitri |last7=Hartman |first7=Roel |last8=Mignault |first8=Francis |last9=Aust |first9=Dietmar |last10=Mattamal |first10= Raj |last11=Kubicek |first11=Denes |last12=McGhan |first12=Dan |last13=Kennedy |first13=Sharon |display-authors=3 |date=4 August 2011 |title=Expert Oracle Application Express |publisher=[[Apress]] |isbn=9781430235132}}</ref>
'''AnyChart''' is a [[United States|US]] based [[graphics software]] [[software developer|development company]] that claims to provide more than 70% of [[Fortune 1000]] companies with [[cross-platform]] [[interactive media|interactive]] [[data visualization]] solutions such as [[JavaScript]] ([[HTML5]]) [[chart]]ing [[JavaScript library|libraries]] AnyChart, AnyStock, AnyMap, and AnyGantt.


AnyChart has industry awards and is notable in media: In particular, in 2016, ProgrammableWeb named it one of the most interesting big data and analytics APIs, and CIOReview included it in the top 20 data visualization solutions. In 2018, AnyChart won a DEVIES award at DeveloperWeek in California for the Best Innovation in JavaScript Technology.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.programmableweb.com/news/programmablewebs-most-interesting-apis-2016-big-data-and-data-analytics/brief/2016/12/27 |title=Most Interesting APIs in 2016: Big Data and Data Analytics |website=[[ProgrammableWeb]] |date=27 December 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dzone.com/articles/best-in-developer-tech-2018-devies-award-winners-n |title=Best in Developer Tech: 2018 DEVIES Award Winners Named at DeveloperWeek |website=DZone |date=9 February 2018 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data-visualization.cioreview.com/vendors/most-promising-data-visualization-solution-providers-2016.html |title=Top 20 Data Visualization Solution Companies - 2016 |website=CIO Review |date=2016 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.anychart.com/blog/tag/awards/ |title=Awards |website=AnyChart News |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.analyticsinsight.net/anychart-turning-data-actionable-insights-award-winning-data-visualization-solutions/ |title=Turning Data Into Actionable Insights with Awards-Winning Data Visualization Solutions |website=Analytics Insight |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sitepoint.com/best-javascript-charting-libraries/ |title=18+ JavaScript Libraries for Creating Beautiful Charts |website=[[SitePoint]] |date=13 May 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hackernoon.com/10-javascript-charting-libraries-data-visualization-b77523d23372 |title=Top 10 JavaScript Charting Libraries for Every Data Visualization Need |website=SitePoine |date=27 April 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref>
== History ==


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AnyChart was founded in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=AnyChart|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/anychart|publisher=CrunchBase|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref> At first, the company used to provide [[Adobe Flash|Flash]]-based solutions for the creation of [[animation|animated]] charts and [[map]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Creating Animated Flash Charts and Maps with PHP using AnyChart|url=http://www.anychart.com/blog/2008/05/08/creating-animated-flash-charts-and-maps-with-php-using-anychart/|date=8 May 2008|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref> With the increasing popularity of [[iOS]] devices that did not support Flash, AnyChart began to shift to [[HTML5]] and in 2011 added an HTML5 ([[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]] based) version of its components.<ref>{{cite web|title=AnyChart 6.0 with HTML5 Support Available|url=http://www.anychart.com/blog/2011/09/05/anychart-60-with-html5-support-available/|date=5 September 2011|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>
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In 2014, AnyChart said they were "''leaving behind Flash and moving to a more modern and promising technology, JavaScript HTML5''", and then released the seventh version of their charting solutions AnyChart, AnyStock, AnyMap, and AnyGantt, now described as [[Comparison of JavaScript charting frameworks|JavaScript charting libraries]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AnyChart 7 Released|url=http://www.anychart.com/blog/2014/08/29/anychart-7-released/|date=29 August 2014|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>

== Products ==

Nowadays, the company offers four main products that are flexible, cross-platform and [[cross-browser]] JS/HTML5 charting libraries supporting interactivity, [[real-time computing|real-time updates]], and multi-level [[data drilling|drill-downs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Integration Samples - PHP, Slim PHP framework, iOS, Closure, ClosureScript, Node.js, MongoDB|url=http://www.anychart.com/integrations/|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>

*'''AnyChart''' supports [[bar chart|bar]], [[line chart|line]], [[area chart|area]], [[scatter plot|scatter]], [[waterfall chart|waterfall]], [[Spline (mathematics)|spline]], [[funnel chart|funnel]], [[bubble chart|bubble]], [[radar chart|polar]], [[column chart|column]], columnrange, [[pie chart|pie]], [[box plot]], angular gauge, areasplinerange, and other types of charts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chart Gallery - AnyChart Interactive JavaScript Charts And Dashboards|url=http://www.anychart.com/products/anychart/gallery/|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>
*'''AnyStock''' is designed to build [[real-time data]] [[stream (computing)|streaming]] charts for stock and [[financial chart|financial graphs]] as well as client [[report]]ing and performance reporting [[application software|applications]].<ref>{{cite web|title=AnyChart Stock - AnyStock|url=http://www.anychart.com/products/anystock/overview/|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref> It is supposed to [[rendering (computer graphics)|render]] more than 250,000 [[data point]]s in less than one second on average PCs, whereas the data stream can append 10,000 data points every 100 ms.<ref>{{cite web|title=AnyStock Big Data Speed Test|url=http://www.anychart.com/products/anystock/benchmark/|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>
*'''AnyMap''' is a JavaScript (HTML5) [[Map]]ping library to make interactive maps displaying [[sales]] by region, [[election]] results, [[population density]], and other [[geography|geo]]-related data.<ref>{{cite web|title=AnyMap|url=http://www.anychart.com/products/anymap/overview/|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>
*'''AnyGantt''' helps create [[Gantt chart]]s including [[project management|project (task based)]] and [[resource management|schedule (resource based) charts]] with configurable [[timeline]]s and [[data grid]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=AnyGantt 7 overview|url=http://www.anychart.com/products/anygantt/overview/|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>

== Usage ==

AnyChart is reported to have more than 70% of Fortune 1000 companies using its solutions across all industries, including [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]] ([[Oracle APEX]]), [[Microsoft]], [[Ford]], [[Volkswagen]], [[AT&T]], [[Samsung]], [[Nokia]], [[BP]], [[BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH|Bosch]], [[Orange S.A.|Orange]], [[Exxon Mobil]], [[UBS]], [[Citigroup]], [[Merck Group]], [[McDonald's]], [[3M]], [[JPMorgan]], [[Lockheed Martin]], [[Novo Nordisk]], [[Tencent]], [[Bank of China]], [[Ericsson]], [[Swisscom]], [[Juniper]], [[MTV]], [[General Electric]], [[NXP]], [[Rolex]], [[Caltrans]], [[Reuters]], and others.<ref>{{cite web|title=About company|url=http://www.anychart.com/company/|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Oracle Application Express Application Builder User's Guide Release 5.0: Creating Charts|url=http://docs.oracle.com/html/E39147_04/bldapp_chrt.htm|publisher=Oracle|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Reviews, case studies, videos and customers: AnyChart|url=http://www.featuredcustomers.com/vendor/anychart|publisher=Featured Customers|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>

Among their customers are also [[Government agency|governmental]] and [[educational organization]]s such as [[California State University, Sacramento]], Geographic Research, Inc., [[Greater Manchester Police]], [[International Business School Groningen]], [[Oxford e-Research Centre]], The Healthcare Management Council, Inc., The [[Ministry of Land and Resources]] [[China|P.R.C.]], [[Universidade do Minho]], [[University of Chicago]], [[University of Prince Edward Island]], [[US Geological Survey]], [[Utah Department of Transportation]], Women's Health America, [[WVU]] School of Medicine, and others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our customers|url=http://www.anychart.com/company/customers/|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Comparison of JavaScript charting frameworks]]

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== References ==
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== External links==
*{{Official website|www.anychart.com}}

[[Category:Data visualization software]]
[[Category:JavaScript libraries]]
[[Category:JavaScript visualization toolkits]]

Revision as of 03:17, 9 December 2019

AnyChart is a JavaScript library for data visualization in the form of cross-platform interactive charts and dashboards. First developed in 2003 as a Flash chart component to visualize XML data, it added HTML5 support based on SVG rendering and ported to JavaScript completely in 2014. Currently versioned 8.x and implementing a modular system, AnyChart supports more than 90 chart types including variations of basic charts, Gantt charts, stock graphs and maps, flexible custom drawing, and multiple options to work with data. With developers claiming it to be a "one-size-fits-all" tool, it works with all major languages, frameworks and databases.[1][2][3][4] [5][6]

In 2007, Oracle licensed AnyChart as the charting technology to "significantly improve" data visualization in Oracle Application Express (APEX) used by 100,000 developers monthly as reported in March 2007.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

AnyChart has industry awards and is notable in media: In particular, in 2016, ProgrammableWeb named it one of the most interesting big data and analytics APIs, and CIOReview included it in the top 20 data visualization solutions. In 2018, AnyChart won a DEVIES award at DeveloperWeek in California for the Best Innovation in JavaScript Technology.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

References

  1. ^ "JavaScript-Bibliothek für Diagramme: AnyChart 8.2.0 erschienen". entwickler.de (in German). 11 April 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ "AnyChart JS 8.0.0 et 8.1.0 : découvrez la nouvelle génération de modules de graphiques". Developpez.com [fr] (in French). 16 January 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Timothy Loginov: From a Freelance Technical Writer to a Successful Tech Entrepreneur". Insights Success. May 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ "AnyChart 7 Released". AnyChart News. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Getting Started with AnyChart — 10 Practical Examples". SitePoint. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ^ "How to Create Interactive JavaScript Charts from Custom Data Sets". SitePoint. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Oracle has big ambitions for Application Express". InfoWorld. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Développement : Oracle livre APEX en version 4". Le Monde Informatique [fr] (in French). 25 June 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Oracle Chooses AnyChart Solution for Latest Release of Oracle® Application Express" (PDF). AnyChart. 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Get most out of your Charts in APEX". Dimitri Gielis (APEX Blog). 11 March 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  11. ^ Gault, Doug (30 December 2015). "Beginning Oracle Application Express 5". Apress. ISBN 9781484204665.
  12. ^ Bourouis, Ahcène (2009). "Oracle APEX (Oracle Application Express): développement rapide d'applications Web pour Oracle" (in French). Editions ENI. ISBN 9782746052444.
  13. ^ Scott, John; Gault, Doug; Hichwa, Michael; et al. (4 August 2011). "Expert Oracle Application Express". Apress. ISBN 9781430235132.
  14. ^ "Most Interesting APIs in 2016: Big Data and Data Analytics". ProgrammableWeb. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Best in Developer Tech: 2018 DEVIES Award Winners Named at DeveloperWeek". DZone. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Top 20 Data Visualization Solution Companies - 2016". CIO Review. 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Awards". AnyChart News. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Turning Data Into Actionable Insights with Awards-Winning Data Visualization Solutions". Analytics Insight. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  19. ^ "18+ JavaScript Libraries for Creating Beautiful Charts". SitePoint. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Top 10 JavaScript Charting Libraries for Every Data Visualization Need". SitePoine. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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