[Server-devel] [Sugar-devel] The quest for data

[Martin Dluhos]

On 7.1.2014 01:49, Sameer Verma wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:28 AM, Martin Dluhos <martin at gnu.org> wrote:
>> For visualization, I have explored using LibreOffice and SOFA, but neither of
>> those were flexible to allow for customization of the output beyond some a few
>> rudimentary options, so I started looking at various Javascript libraries, which
>> are much more powerful. Currently, I am experimenting with Google Charts, which
>> I found the easiest to get started with. If I run into limitations with Google
>> Charts in the future, others on my list are InfoVIS Toolkit
>> (http://philogb.github.io/jit) and HighCharts (http://highcharts.com). Then,
>> there is also D3.js, but that's a bigger animal.
> 
> Keep in mind that if you want to visualize at the school's local
> XS[CE] you may have to rely on a local js method instead of an online
> library.

Yes, that's a very good point.  Originally, I was only thinking about collecting
and visualizing the information centrally, but there is no reason why it
couldn't be viewed by teachers and school administrators on the schoolserver
itself. Thanks for the warning.