python module for interactive web charts

[Moosebumps]

Thanks, that looks great -- just what I'm looking for!  As a note, it's nice
that all the figures are anti-aliased -- even a lot of commercial packages
that I looked at don't have that.

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"John Hunter" <jdhunter at ace.bsd.uchicago.edu> wrote in message
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> >>>>> "Moosebumps" == Moosebumps  <moosebumps at moosebumps.com> writes:
>
>     Moosebumps> Is there anything that is made to generate web pages
>     Moosebumps> which have charts similar to the yahoo finance stock
>     Moosebumps> charts?  Not looking to graph stocks specifically, but
>     Moosebumps> anything.  I like how you can zoom on each axis, and
>     Moosebumps> maybe click to see numerical values and such.
>
>     Moosebumps> If there isn't anything in Python, what do people
>     Moosebumps> typically use for that kind of stuff, or is it all
>     Moosebumps> hand-rolled?
>
> matplotlib is a 2D plotting library that supports a number of plot
> types - http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html.  The
> library can generate plots either to GUIs or just generate images if
> you want to use it in a web application server.  See this link
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq.html#APPSERVER for more
> information about using matplotlib in a web server.  There are
> interactive navigation tools for panning and zooming, etc.
>
> The next release 0.53 due out early next week will have a lot of
> support for making date plots, using python datetimes, mx.Datetime, or
> other, with a hodge podge of minor and major date tick locators and
> formatters.  There is also a financial module in the works which will
> be finished soon for candlestick plots and the like.
>
> If you're interested in getting announcements when these features are
> ready, you may want to join the mailing list
> http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/matplotlib-users.
>
> Cheers,
> John Hunter
>
>