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So why would I use this instead of D3.js?



This is a significantly higher abstraction than D3. Charts.js is comparable to NVD3, dc.js, xCharts, all of which are built on top of D3.


Thanks for mentioning these. I didn't know about them. Do you know if there is any good charting higher abstractions for "node" graphs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_(abstract_data_type))? I only know about the force layout ones in d3.

Nevermind, I found this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7034/graph-visualization-...

(Although I'm still lokking for a good tool for visualizing path algorithms (TSP, A* etc))


D3 uses SVG which doesn't run on older Android and iOS devices at all, and uses a bunch more memory and CPU than a single Canvas element.


or something built on d3 - like http://nvd3.org/


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