Qt Charts API: create static and animating charts for your application

[dridk]

No we are not !

Sorry, I havn't enable email notification.. So I didn't see any update! But Now I am here!

First :
I have created a repository on gitorious : http://gitorious.org/qtcharts. Please Join the qtcharts team !!

second :
API architecture :

I propose to create 3 sub project :

- 1 : QPainter Layer : draw all sharts from a QPainter
- 2 : QGraphicsItem : Create each sharts item using QPainter layer
- 3 : QChartData : Provide data to be load


class tree example :

QChartPainter
-QLineChartPainter
-QPieChartPainter


QGraphicsChartItem
-QGraphicsLineChartItem
-QGraphicsPieChartItem





Discussion

We have to speak together about qtcharts! So, please join #qtcharts on freenode!
If there is nobody, please wait !

So, now, I m waiting for your suggestion about the API architecture ? What about animation ? Interaction ? QML ?

[marcvanriet]

Can't find any qtcharts on freenode. Anyway :

Data :
- what data can you handle : integer / double values, labels, min/max indicators, complex values, quaternions, ...
- do you use a model-view approach or not ?
- will you have only 1 data series, or more (multiple lines in your graph)

Display :
- are you going to make different display classes for the qpainter and qgraphicsview ? Will be difficult to make sure they look the same. QGraphicsview is not required for just showing graphs, but is sure is handy for interactive graphs (selecting data points, pie slices, ...)
- are you going to stick to line charts and pie charts ? or also bar graphs, coloured maps, ...

Classes :
- I would make a 'QtCharts' object that can hold any kind of data, for 1 or more data 'lines', and also additional data like labels, min/max values, .... This object could then be painted by the painter classes, be it either pie or line.

Regards,
Marc