Use Python instead of Perl's GifGraph?

[Eric Hagemann]

Richard,

    I am doing that very thing presently with DISLIN.  The package allows
for a large number of graph type and options.  I use the png format for my
graphs.

    Do a web search for DISLIN and you will find the home page.  Package is
free for many platforms

    Good luck



"Scobee, Richard" <rscobee at pbsj.com> wrote in message
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> I have done very little Perl programming and that was a while back, but I
am
> finding a need for a feature that seems to be well developed in Perl:
> generating Web-browser compatible charts/graphs at run-time from database
> data and calculations.  I have a copy of O'Reilly's Programming Web
Graphics
> with Perl & GNU Software by Shawn P. Wallace and it describes GIFGraph
which
> seems perfectly suited to this task.  But being a casual follower of
> programming trends, it seems that Python is quickly replacing Perl as the
> web programmers scripting language of choice.  So I was just wandering if
> there are any libraries similar to GIFGraph already in Python or if I
should
> just go ahead and figure out how to do it in Perl.
>
> I am working on a couple of intranet applications and both have potential
> uses for run-time generated charts/graphs generated from database data and
> calculations.  My background is mostly in VB but the biggest of these
> projects is primarly using Oracle's implementation of J2EE in Windows NT
so
> I am already struggling with new tools, true OO programming, Java, etc.
> From what I've read, Python sounds far more attractive for getting
something
> new to work in a new language than I remember Perl being.  But if I have
to
> write my own graph generating library in Python, wouldn't it be more
> productive to just struggle with Perl's GIFGraph?  I would try to do most
of
> the work in Java but probably use CGI to feed the numbers to be graphed to
> the Perl or Python script to generate a GIF.  Does this approach make
sense?
> Is Python a good choice for this?
>
> Any opinions on this would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Richard J. Scobee
> Information Solutions Developer
> PBS&J
> Miami, FL
> rscobee at pbsj.com
>
>