Highcharts是一款流行的Web制圖軟件，它能夠
生成極為出色、流暢的HTML5 SVG圖形。
Joe Kuan延續了“Learning Highcharts”繫列
，在第二版中包含了全新的內容以及重新修訂過的章
節。本書覆蓋了Highcharts 4所支持的全部圖形，
采用循序漸進的教程演示了如何使用來自現實生活中
的數據生成富有表現力的圖表．另外還探索了如何仿
制各種工業圖表，例如金融宣傳冊、運動專欄、3D信
息圖甚至是菲亞特500的速度表。
書中的第二部分將重點放在了操作層面：API、
事件以及框架集成。第三部分研究了服務器端和在線
服務，Highcharts最新成果Highcharts Clound的
用法，這是一項在線圖表服務，不需要使用者有任
Highcharts或者JavaScript的使用經驗。你隻需要
插入數據，剩下的由HighchartsCloud幫你搞定。
簡而言之，本書旨在成為市場上最全面的
Highcharts書籍。
寬（Joe Kuan）編著的《學習Highcharts4(影
印版)(英文版)》針對各個層面的讀者。初學者能夠
學到基本的配置方法，循序漸進地學習如何創建圖表
，如何使用HighchartsCloud。對於中高級讀者，本
書探討了API、時間、服務器端操作以及插件。

Preface
Chapter 1 Web Charts
A short history of web charting
HTML image map (sewer-side technology)
Java applet (client-side) and servlet (sewer-side)
Adobe Shockwave Flash (client-side)
The rise of JavaScript and HTML5
HTML5 (SVG and Canvas)
SVG
Canvas
JavaScript charts on the market
amCharts
Ext JS 5 charts
Data Driven Documents
FusionCharts
Raphael
Why Highcharts?
Highcharts and JavaScript frameworks
Presentation
License
Simple API model
Documentations
Openness (feature request with user voice)
Highcharts - a quick tutorial
Directory structure
Summary
Chapter 2 Hiahcharts Conficlurations
Configuration structure
Understanding Highcharts' layout
Chart margins and spacing settings
Chart label properties
Title and subtitle alignments
Legend alignment
Axis title alignment
Credits alignment
Experimenting with an automatic layout
Experimenting with a fixed layout
Framing the chart with axes
Accessing the axis data type
Adjusting intervals and background
Using plot lines and plot bands
Extending to multiple axes
Revisiting the series config
Exploring PlotOptions
Styling tooltips
Formatting tooltips in HTML
Using the callback handler
Applying a multiple-series tooltip
Animating charts
Expanding colors with gradients
Zooming data with the drilldown feature
Summary
Chapter 3 Line, Area, and Scatter Charts
Introducing line charts
Extending to multiple-series line charts
Highlighting negative values and raising the base level
Sketching an area chart
Mixing line and area series
Simulating a projection chart
Contrasting a spline with a step line
Extending to the stacked area chart
Plotting charts with missing data
Combining the scatter and area series
Polishing a chart with an artistic style
Summary
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Chapter 4 Bar and Column ChARTS
Chapter 5 Pie Charts
Chapter 6 Gauge Polar and Range Charts
Chapter 7 Bubble Box Plot and Error Bar Charts
Chapter 8 Waterfall Funnel Pyramid and Heatmap Charts
Chapter 9 3D Charts
Chapter 10 Highcharts APIs
Chapter 11 Highcharts Events
Chapter 12 Highcharts and jQuery Mobile
Chapter 13 Highcharts and Ext JS
Chapter 14 Server-side Highcharts
Chapter 15 Highcharts Online Services and Plugins
Index