You can create your chart through the GUI of the Designer for JViews Charts and extend the development of your chart by using the SDK.

There is no reason that would prevent you from carrying out most of your development in the Designer (see Creating a chart using the Designer). However, at a certain point you might need to use the API to extend the development of your chart (see When to use the API).

Figure 4.1 shows the process flow for building a chart component in JViews Charts; it presents a high-level view of the overall process. The detailed tasks belonging to each step are described in the user documents:

Unless otherwise specified, all the steps of the process flow can be carried out through the Designer and are documented in Using the Designer.

You can develop a chart from scratch or by connecting to existing data, with the Designer. Working with the Designer, you develop components entirely through the GUI of the Designer. However, you might need to write code to:

For more information, see When to use the API.