There are many things to consider when choosing the right data visualization or charting tool for your project. Yes, the necessary evil that was the static Excel chart isn’t the only option any more. Now, they no longer have to, for there are far sexier ways to chart data. Web developers don’t really get along with spreadsheets. The gap between data and our interpretation of it can be huge, especially when it means squinting at rows of unintelligible figures in spreadsheets (possibly the least appealing format of all time).

He’s written a great article on the best data visualization tools and charting libraries for web developers, and we encourage you to read it, as it’s got some great information. Today, we have an awesome post from Rohit Boggarapu, who is a software engineer at Adobe. We know a great many of you are knee deep in Web Development projects as we write this, and any time we have the opportunity to pass on some expert insights and resources, we don’t hesitate to do so.

Microsoft web tools for data analysis