# Purpose

# Why?

The goal of this ipywidget is to make Jupyter notebook users able to run the powerful JavaScript library Highcharts, for both Highcharts and Highstock.

This widget is the direct successor of ezhc.

# How?

This library essentially is a custom Jupyter ipywidget.

For more info see the ipywigets official documentation and maybe the article Authoring Custom Jupyter Widgets.

Like all ipywidgets, ipyhc has 2 parts:

• The Python part: It validates the user input and prepares and passes it to the JavaScript part. It also allows the configuration of the type interactivity the user wants from the chart.
• The Javascript part: From the user data and configuration it builds the chart and sets up the interactivity required. After some manipulation it enables the user to synchronize the data back to the Python kernel.

ipyhc is:

• designed to enable easy access to basic Highcharts features but allows unlimited customization through a full access to the Highcharts options
• as transparent as possible to give flexible and unhindered access to the underlying library