I'm worried about the "health" of this project... is it still alive? Highcharts 3.0.0 is out since 22/03/2013 and nothing has been done here to officially support it (I don't see any commit or recent merge request - the last commit is from 04/12/2012).
I'm worried about the support for future versions of GWT as well.
So, is someone (still) in charge? What can be done to improve the community support? What is the future of this project?
Thank you.
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The project is indeed alive and well. Highcharts 3.0 was a huge release, so it wasn't something that we could add wrappers around quickly. We are still continuing development on GWT Highcharts, and have actually already completed added the bulk of the new functionality included in the Highcharts 3.0 release (including all of the new chart types.) I'd expect that will have a new release sometime over the next month.
If others in the community are interested in contributing, please let me know!
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Thanks for the quick response. I'm still curious why don't you push your changes to the repository (to a development branch maybe) while you develop it? That way the community could contribute to the project with you, and not after you.
With frequent pushes the project wouldn't look like abandoned anymore.
Thanks.
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Hi Shawn, thanks for the heads up. We use gwt-highcharts and are concerned about its dev status too. It's great to know that you are actively working on the project. We look forward to the new release with highcharts 3.0.
I have used several "GWT wrapped" JS charting libraries. gwt-hightcharts is by far the best. As Gilberto mentioned that the community could contribute more. I am wondering if you are interested in moving the project to github, which I believe is more vibrant with greater support.
Thanks for the great work.
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We could certainly consider moving the project to GitHub if there was a strong reason (we do use GitHub here at Moxie Group for other non-"open source" projects), but SourceForge does offer similar capabilities to fork and create merge requests off of the Git repo. So, if folks are able to contribute (which is much appreciated!) you can either go ahead and create a merge request (preferred), or just post a patch to the forums here or via email and we'll merge it in.
If someone is interested in becoming a more regular contributor to the project, please let me know and we can consider giving commit rights as well (you can reach me through the contact form on our site http://www.moxiegroup.com/contact/). Currently, there are just a couple of us here at Moxie Group that have been the primary contributors to the project, but we don't always have availability - so I'm hopeful others from the community will come forward and consider playing a larger role as well. Several folks have submitted patches and merge requests over the last couple of years though as well as a larger group that have offered support on the forums, which is great to see and appreciated - so keep 'em coming!
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How is the project going? One month after your post I can't find any commits, so I assume the project is stopped. Don't you think it's time to really open it to the community (aka. GitHub) to allow people to contribute?
I have myself some patchs I could contribute (BoxPlot working for the current version), but since you're the only developer of the project, and work-but-don't-commit code, I feel it's waste of time doing so.
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We're getting close! It should be a fairly large release - hoping for later this week. For contributions, please do go ahead and create merge requests off of Git (SourceForge offers that same mechanism as GitHub does, go to "Code" and then use the "Fork" button to get started.) I'm not sure if you're asking for commit rights to the core repository, but that's certainly something we're open to considering offering to individuals (but wouldn't seem appropriate to offer to the general public.)
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Also, note that "chart.redraw()" is already supported in the current GWT Highcharts API, so you shouldn't need to rely in JSNI. Specifically, all of the methods that allow you to dynamically manipulate the chart after it has been rendered (chart.addSeries(), chart.removeSeries(), series.addPoint(), etc.) support an optional "boolean redraw" parameter. By default the parameter is true, so the chart will automatically redraw after you make the call. However, if you have a bunch of changes to the chart that you want to make all at once, you can set that parameter to "false" and then invoke the "chart.redraw()" method when you're all done.
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Hi,
I'm worried about the "health" of this project... is it still alive? Highcharts 3.0.0 is out since 22/03/2013 and nothing has been done here to officially support it (I don't see any commit or recent merge request - the last commit is from 04/12/2012).
I'm worried about the support for future versions of GWT as well.
So, is someone (still) in charge? What can be done to improve the community support? What is the future of this project?
Thank you.
The project is indeed alive and well. Highcharts 3.0 was a huge release, so it wasn't something that we could add wrappers around quickly. We are still continuing development on GWT Highcharts, and have actually already completed added the bulk of the new functionality included in the Highcharts 3.0 release (including all of the new chart types.) I'd expect that will have a new release sometime over the next month.
If others in the community are interested in contributing, please let me know!
Hi Shawn,
Thanks for the quick response. I'm still curious why don't you push your changes to the repository (to a development branch maybe) while you develop it? That way the community could contribute to the project with you, and not after you.
With frequent pushes the project wouldn't look like abandoned anymore.
Thanks.
Hi Shawn, thanks for the heads up. We use gwt-highcharts and are concerned about its dev status too. It's great to know that you are actively working on the project. We look forward to the new release with highcharts 3.0.
I have used several "GWT wrapped" JS charting libraries. gwt-hightcharts is by far the best. As Gilberto mentioned that the community could contribute more. I am wondering if you are interested in moving the project to github, which I believe is more vibrant with greater support.
Thanks for the great work.
We could certainly consider moving the project to GitHub if there was a strong reason (we do use GitHub here at Moxie Group for other non-"open source" projects), but SourceForge does offer similar capabilities to fork and create merge requests off of the Git repo. So, if folks are able to contribute (which is much appreciated!) you can either go ahead and create a merge request (preferred), or just post a patch to the forums here or via email and we'll merge it in.
If someone is interested in becoming a more regular contributor to the project, please let me know and we can consider giving commit rights as well (you can reach me through the contact form on our site http://www.moxiegroup.com/contact/). Currently, there are just a couple of us here at Moxie Group that have been the primary contributors to the project, but we don't always have availability - so I'm hopeful others from the community will come forward and consider playing a larger role as well. Several folks have submitted patches and merge requests over the last couple of years though as well as a larger group that have offered support on the forums, which is great to see and appreciated - so keep 'em coming!
Hi Shawn, I am looking for new API which are in the latest version of HighCharts 3.0.
something like char.redraw(false). Can you tell ,how can i use the JSNI function for this api since GWT API not yet available.
Can you please tell when can we expect 3.0 version for GWT API.
Hoping/planning to have a new release later this month that will support the bulk of the new HighCharts 3.0 capabilities!
Hi again Shawn.
How is the project going? One month after your post I can't find any commits, so I assume the project is stopped. Don't you think it's time to really open it to the community (aka. GitHub) to allow people to contribute?
I have myself some patchs I could contribute (BoxPlot working for the current version), but since you're the only developer of the project, and work-but-don't-commit code, I feel it's waste of time doing so.
Hi Gilberto,
We're getting close! It should be a fairly large release - hoping for later this week. For contributions, please do go ahead and create merge requests off of Git (SourceForge offers that same mechanism as GitHub does, go to "Code" and then use the "Fork" button to get started.) I'm not sure if you're asking for commit rights to the core repository, but that's certainly something we're open to considering offering to individuals (but wouldn't seem appropriate to offer to the general public.)
Also, note that "chart.redraw()" is already supported in the current GWT Highcharts API, so you shouldn't need to rely in JSNI. Specifically, all of the methods that allow you to dynamically manipulate the chart after it has been rendered (chart.addSeries(), chart.removeSeries(), series.addPoint(), etc.) support an optional "boolean redraw" parameter. By default the parameter is true, so the chart will automatically redraw after you make the call. However, if you have a bunch of changes to the chart that you want to make all at once, you can set that parameter to "false" and then invoke the "chart.redraw()" method when you're all done.
Thanks for the latest gwt-highcharts 1.6.0 available on the sourceforge.
It would be great to add the download link here too:
http://www.moxiegroup.com/moxieapps/gwt-highcharts/download.jsp