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Chart.js 2.0 Released

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
5
submitters
4
observed span
2013–2016
peak thread · 78 comments
332 pts
latest 20+ return · 2016-04-25
332 pts

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2007–2026

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One of the Chart.js contributors here. Version 2.0 is a massive overhaul of the underlying library focused on ease of use and extensibility. Hundreds of issues from the 1.x branch have been resolved, making Chart.js even more stable and user friendly than ever! Here are a few of the core changes: - Github Organization: Moved from github.com/nnnick/Chart.js to our own org, github.com/chartjs/Chart.js, where we hope to continue to grow the awesome community - Scales: New time axis, log axis and…

It looks like this version includes a chart legend for pie/doughnut charts! Unless I am very mistaken, the old version, which I am using in my latest product, did not :(. Hooray chartjs people, I love your product :) -- it is definitely my favorite charting library :). BTW, does anybody know of a charting library that will make nice 1D scatter plots? (Like this: http://i.stack.imgur.com/LGBAG.png). These are very useful visualizations for event frequency, but I can't find any libraries…

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
508

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Total comments
141

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2013-03-18Chart.js - HTML5 Charts for your website.taytus10
2014-06-29New Chart.js beta version launchedFirst breakoutnnnnnick15262
2015-09-29Chart.js – Open source HTML5 Charts for your websiteflippyhead30
2016-04-24Chart.js 2.0 releasednnnnnick201
2016-04-25Chart.js 2.0 ReleasedBest thread · Latest 20+ point returnetimberg33278