Commerical graphing packages?

[Francis Girard]

Le lundi 14 Février 2005 11:02, David Fraser a écrit :
> Erik Johnson wrote:
> >     I am wanting to generate dynamic graphs for our website and would
> > rather not invest the time in developing the code to draw these starting
> > from graphics primitives. I am looking for something that is... "fairly
> > robust" but our needs are relatively modest: X-Y scatter plots w/ data
> > point symbols, multiple data set X-Y line plots, bar charts, etc.
> >
> >     Preferably this would come from a company that can provide support &
> > decent documentation, and a package that can be installed without a bunch
> > of extra hassle (e.g., needs Numeric Python, needs to have the GD library
> > installed, needs separate JPEG encoders, font libraries, etc.)
> >
> >     I am aware of ChartDirector (http://www.advsofteng.com/ ) which
> > explicitly supports python and seems to be about the right level of
> > sophistication. I don't really know of any other packages in this space,
> > do you? I am seeking feedback and reccomendations from people who have
> > used this package or similar ones. I am particularly interested to hear
> > about any limitations or problems you ran into with whatever package you
> > are using.
> >
> > Thanks for taking the time to read my post! :)
>
> It's worth checking out matplotlib as well although it may not meet all
> your criteria ... but have a look, its a great package

PyX might also be interesting, depending on your needs.

Regards

Francis Girard