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Building Dynamic Pie Charts in Laravel Using Chart.js: A Step-by-Step Guide
3 min readNov 26, 2023
Introduction:
Pie charts offer a visually intuitive way to represent proportions of a whole. In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through integrating Chart.js into your Laravel application to create dynamic and interactive pie charts.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, ensure the following prerequisites are met:
- A Laravel project is set up.
- Basic knowledge of Laravel and JavaScript.
- Composer is installed for Laravel dependencies.
Step 1: Install Chart.js via CDN
Include Chart.js in your Laravel project by adding the following CDN link in the <head> section of your blade view:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<!-- Other head elements -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chart.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Your Laravel application content -->
</body>
</html>Step 2: Create a Controller
Generate a controller to handle the pie chart data. Run the following Artisan command:
php artisan make:controller PieChartController
