Ryan Stewart (21.May.2010 at 10:15)
Talk at TEK·X (English - US)
Creating great data visualizations is easy as a PHP developer and is key to creating readable data for your users. This session will cover how you can use some of the more popular PHP charting libraries to turn raw data into meaningful visuals. You'll also learn how you can use PHP with other technologies like SVG, HTML5, and Flash, to create more compelling, interactive graphics that change context as the user moves through data. Finally, you'll see how data visualization can be combined with the real-time web to create a visual representation of what's happening right now.
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21.May.2010 at 16:22 by Seth May
Thanks for a good talk. Data visualization is a really important topic. Changing data into information relevant to decision making is an skill and an art. Edward Tufte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tufte) has a lot to say on the subject and is very relevant to anyone interested in the topic.
21.May.2010 at 17:05 by Todd Wolaver
Informative and great overview of the data visualization tools available. Very knowledgeable and a good speaker. Thanks for the talk.
24.May.2010 at 12:48 by Keith Casey
I finished Tufte's book a few months ago, so the opening was a good way to take things a step further. More importantly, I appreciated the vendor neutral overview of a variety of toolkits. I've worked with one of them but the rest were new to me.
24.May.2010 at 13:47 by John Congdon
The information presented was good. It was obviously biased towards flash, but that is understandable based on Ryan's employment. I noticed that highcharts wasn't mentioned and I assume that is because there wasn't a flash alternative.
Instead of so much back and forth in the various libraries, I would have preferred a more in depth look at real world examples, more data, how to drill down. "How to tell the story", instead of showing the tools to make it happen.
And as smaller piece of the talk, state here are some different libraries that you can look into later.
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21.May.2010 at 16:08 by James Bush
Thanks for the informative session.