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Published inOct 2014
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Bilal Shahid
Bilal Shahid
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Bilal Shahid

Bilal Shahid is a web developer from Karachi, Pakistan. He has several years of experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP, and he also knows how to program in C and C++. He is passionate about the open source movement, and his interests include data-driven UIs, the real-time Web, and code optimization. He was introduced to Highcharts while working on a big project dedicated to social media page management and analytics, and since then he has used it in several web projects. He works for Traffic Group Ltd., the largest independent digital services provider in the Middle East, where he works as a senior UI developer. He likes to read books in his spare time.
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In the concluding chapter, we learned various techniques to work with Highcharts data and data preprocessing. We looked at loading data from various file formats and formatting it to be plotted with Highcharts. We also learned to interact with a database using a server-side programming language to retrieve data and dynamically plot charts with Ajax. In the final section of this chapter, we learned about Highcharts' export module that can be used to export Highcharts into various file formats.

I hope that this book proved useful in your journey of learning Highcharts. We have covered numerous topics in this book, essential ones as well as the new features, which come packed with the new version of Highcharts, such as 3D charts, heat maps, and gauges. From basic chart types to their derivatives along with their combinations, everything has been explained in plain language to help you grasp the concepts easily. As for intermediate techniques, we have explored Highcharts APIs and events...

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Bilal Shahid

Bilal Shahid is a web developer from Karachi, Pakistan. He has several years of experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP, and he also knows how to program in C and C++. He is passionate about the open source movement, and his interests include data-driven UIs, the real-time Web, and code optimization. He was introduced to Highcharts while working on a big project dedicated to social media page management and analytics, and since then he has used it in several web projects. He works for Traffic Group Ltd., the largest independent digital services provider in the Middle East, where he works as a senior UI developer. He likes to read books in his spare time.
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