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Embedding Google Charts in FXRuby

Matthew Bass — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:19:21 +0000

Lyle Johnson just wrote a great tutorial on how to integrate Google Charts into an FXRuby application. This is perfect timing since I’ve been doing some experimenting with FXRuby over the past few days.

Exploring Google Charts with the gchartrb gem

Matthew Bass — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:24:12 +0000

Google quietly released their new chart generation web service late last year. It’s a dead simple way to build beautiful charts using nothing but URLs. The gchartrb gem wraps Google’s API to make things even easier. InfoQ recently published this article that I wrote. It introduces the basics of the API and gives some examples of how to use gchartrb to create beautiful charts.

How does PersistJS compare to Gears and Dojo?

Matthew Bass — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:12:55 +0000

PersistJS was released just a few days ago by Paul Duncan. It’s a JavaScript framework enabling client-side data storage. Check out my post on InfoQ to learn how it compares with Google Gears and Dojo Storage.