In this chapter, we learned how to create all of the standard types of charts supported by Chart.js: bar, horizontal bar, line, area, pie, doughnut, polar area, radar, scatter, and bubble charts.

Different charts are more suited for certain types of datasets and purposes than others. We explored the same examples with different charts and saw how each type communicates different aspects of the data, revealing correlations, proportions, trends, and hidden patterns.

Each chart was introduced with a simple example, but we also created some real world visualizations using public CSV and JSON data, which needed to be downscaled, combined, filtered, and mapped to data formats expected by Chart.js.

We also experimented with several configuration properties, for graphical elements, datasets, and charts, allowing a high degree of customization. Many of these will be explored in greater detail in the next chapters.