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GD-LIB

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 4:13 am
by grkpfl
hi.

I'm wondering if the GD-LIB offers a good performance compared to java-applets or flash?
Is it actually better to make a Graph or something like this via a java-applet or flash?
I've heard that java-applets offers a quite bad performance, is that true?

Thanks

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:43 am
by onion2k
Java is fast enough these days, no problems there. However, GD is a much better alternative for something like a graph as you can generate it once and cache it .. only making a new version when the data changes.

Check out JPGraph .. it's fantastic for making graphs in PHP.

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:09 am
by grkpfl
at first: thanks for your replie

i've heared about jpgraph, it seems to be nice :)
when it comes to a big amount of data, which way would be the fastest? Java, GD/jpgraph/php or Flash?

thanks again,
grkpfl

Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:35 am
by n00b Saibot
I wud say PHP/Flash combo - dynamically updatable, without refresh and highly portable :)