Fusion Chart Manual

FusionCharts
Beginner's Guide

The official guide for FusionCharts Suite

Create interactive charts in JavaScript (HTML5) and Flash
for your web and enterprise applications

Sanket Nadhani
Shamasis Bhattacharya
Pallav Nadhani

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

FusionCharts
Beginner's Guide

The official guide for FusionCharts Suite
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Credits
Authors
Sanket NadhaniProject Coordinator
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Shamasis Bhattacharya
Pallav Nadhani

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About the AuthorsSanket Nadhani previously headed Marketing and Sales at FusionCharts, fresh out of
college. As part of the role, he had to conceptualize different dashboards and demos and
was often frustrated with the lack of practical resources on data visualization to learn from.
Once he learned them after his daily bouts with tons of data, he started writing about the
usability and best practices on theFusionCharts blog that have been well received.
He loves food, beer, and travelling. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.
com/sanketnadhani.
I want to thank the wonderful web community for sharing all their learning
and experiences so selflessly. A lot of what I know and do today is because
of you guys.

Shamasis Bhattacharya has been a part of FusionCharts since 2008. As aJavaScript
architect, he heads the JavaScript development team and spends most of his time analyzing,
modeling, and coding the FusionCharts JavaScript charting library with attention to smart
software design and innovative data visualization countenances.
He writes on his blog http://www.shamasis.net/ and spends the rest of his time with
his wife, Madhumita.
My part in this book wouldn't have beenworth reading had my wife not
been around helping me and had not Pallav e-mailed me questioning
whether I had been smoking while writing the draft!

Pallav Nadhani is the co-founder and CEO of FusionCharts, and an angel investor. He
started FusionCharts at the age of 17 as a way to make pocket money. Today, FusionCharts
has around 20,000 customers and 400,000 users in over 110 countries. Hisentrepreneurial
journey has been covered by various magazines such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business
Today, Economic Times, and numerous blogs and websites. He holds a Masters in Computer
Science from The University of Edinburgh and loves traveling, beer, and poker.
He has also worked on the book "Flash.NET", Friends of Ed Publication.
I want to dedicate this book to Mom, who has always...