Building Dynamic Scatter Charts in Laravel Using Chart.js: A Step-by-Step Guide
3 min readNov 30, 2023
Introduction:
Scatter charts provide a powerful way to represent data points in a two-dimensional space. In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through integrating Chart.js into your Laravel application to create dynamic and interactive scatter 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 scatter chart data. Run the following Artisan command:
php artisan make:controller ScatterChartController
