Chapter 2: Creating Beautiful Charts Using Vue.js Wrappers for Chart.js

by Yomi Eluwande

Charts are an important part of modern websites and applications. They help to present information that can’t be easily represented in text. Charts also help to make sense of data that would ordinarily not make sense in a textual format by presenting them in a view that’s easy to read and understand.

In this guide, I’ll show you how to represent data in the form of various types of chart with the help of Chart.js and Vue.js. Chart.js is a simple yet flexible JavaScript charting library for developers and designers that allows drawing of different kinds of charts by using the HTML5 canvas element. A good refresher on Chart.js can be read here.

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