Design eye-catching and interactive JavaScript charts for your web page with Highcharts, one of the leading tools in web chartingAbout This BookCover all the different chart series in Highcharts and their own specific options Learn to program user interactions with APIs, events and integrate with other frameworks like jQuery Mobile and ExtJs A practical guide, with a number of useful tutorials that will help you get a grip on all features of HighchartsWho This Book Is ForThe book is aimed at all levels of readers. Beginners can learn the basic configurations and step-by-step approaches in creating charts or Highcharts cloud. For intermediate and advanced readers, the book explores the APIs, events, server-side operations and plugins.What You Will LearnUse Highcharts to create a simple chart and all the graph series supported in Highcharts 4 Create presentable industry-scale charts with series-specific options Get to grips with 3D charts and create special effects with 3D-specific options Use the Highcharts APIs and events to produce interactive charts Integrate Highcharts with jQuery Mobile and ExtJS's extensions Discover how to use Highcharts on the server side and get to know about the Highcharts cloud service Write and apply Highcharts plugins to come up with innovative chartsIn DetailHighcharts is a popular type of web charting software that produces stunning and smooth animated HTML5 SVG graphs.Joe Kuan continues the Learning Highcharts series, with the second edition comprising of brand new content and revised chapters. The book covers all the graphs supported in Highcharts 4. Step-by-step tutorials demonstrate how to create presentable charts with real-life data. The book also explores how to replicate industry charts from a financial brochure, sports article, 3D infographics, and even a Fiat 500 speedometer.The second part of the book focuses on the operational side; APIs, events, and framework integration. The third part of the book looks into the server side and online services, how Highcharts/PhantomJS works, and demonstrates the usage and reviews the latest exciting development, Highcharts Cloud―an online chart service without any prior Highcharts or JavaScript experience needed. You just need to insert the data and it does the rest.In a nutshell, this book aims to be the most comprehensive Highcharts book in the market.