Development of 0.8 is progressing well; we stand at more than 50% complete, with 29 issues remaining.

We’re taking a break to share a cool new tool written by Stig Rune called Foddle. It takes the concepts behind the popular jsfiddle and applies them to Flot, providing an easy and powerful way to prototype charts with real-time feedback!

The app presents two fields: one for data and one for plot options. Keep in mind that the data and options must be in JSON format, not raw JavaScript, and the data should consist of a list of series objects; simple lists of values aren’t yet supported, though they may be in a future iteration.

Here’s a quick example showing the sales distribution for the five best-selling Girl Scout Cookie varieties.

Foddle really makes it easy to create and share charts on the web; it’s a great idea, and there’s still room for it to grow even better.