Building charts in React can be complex and daunting. However, there is a lightweight library that can help us build charts quickly in no time.
In this shot, we'll be using the react-minimal-pie-chart
package to create charts and customize them using various libraries to make them look professional.
Here's what we've to do:
create-react-app
to start and create our React app.minimal-pie-chart
using npm i react-minimal-pie-chart
.app.js
file and pass various props into the <PieChart/>
component.import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import App from './app.js'; require('./style.css'); ReactDOM.render( <App />, document.getElementById('root') );
Here’s how we can modify charts using the following properties:
animate
: This is a boolean that animates elements on the mount.animationDuration
: This is the time in milliseconds to which we want the animation to occur. animationEasing
: This is the way we want the animation to ease as per the various CSS easing types.center
: The x and y coordinates, relative to the center.data
: An array of objects containing information about the object. Each object contains a title, color, and value key.lineWidth
: This is the line width of each of the pie chart segments.lengthAngle
: Total angle taken by the chart that can be negative or positive.paddingAngle
: This is the angle between two segments of the pie chart.radius
: This is the radius of the chart relative to the view box. rounded
: This is a boolean that rounds each cap element segment. startAngle
: Start angle of the first segment. viewBoxSize
: Width and Height of SVG viewBox
attribute.labelStyle
: Each label has a style object applied to it. Returns the style for each label if the function is set.label
: A label value or the SVG element to be presented as label is returned by this method.labelPosition
: Position of the label with relation to the origin. Percentage of the radius of the chart.With these properties, we're able to build applications and integrate pie charts into them.