How to create scatter chart in react using material UI and DevExpress ?

This article will help us learn how to create scatter charts using the material UI library and devexpress using React JS.

DevExpress: DevExpress is a package for controlling and building the user interface of Windows, Mobile, and other applications.

Scatter Charts: A scatter chart is a set of dotted points representing individual data pieces on the horizontal and vertical axis. In a graph in which the values of two variables are plotted along the X-axis and Y-axis, the pattern of the resulting points reveals a correlation between them.

Prerequisites:

• Node JS or NPM
• React JS
• Material UI

Approach:

• Data Setup:
  • The data array contains sample x and y coordinates.
• Chart Component Structure:
  • The Chart component renders a scatter plot using ArgumentAxis, ValueAxis, and ScatterSeries.
• Material-UI Integration:
  • The chart is enclosed in a Material-UI Paper component for a styled background.

Steps to create React Application And Installing Module:

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command.

npx create-react-app foldername

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. folder name, move to it using the following command.

cd foldername

Step 3: After creating the ReactJS application, install the required modules using the following command.

npm i --save @devexpress/dx-react-core @devexpress/dx-react-chart
npm install @material-ui/core
npm i --save @devexpress/dx-react-chart-material-ui

Project Structure:

The updated dependencies in package.json file will look like:

"dependencies": {
    "@devexpress/dx-react-chart": "^4.0.6",
    "@devexpress/dx-react-chart-material-ui": "^4.0.6",
    "@devexpress/dx-react-core": "^4.0.6",
    "@material-ui/core": "^4.12.4",
    "react": "^18.2.0",
    "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
    "react-scripts": "5.0.1",
    "web-vitals": "^2.1.4",
}

Example: Now write down the following code in the App.js file.

import React from "react";
import Paper from '@material-ui/core/Paper';
import {
    ArgumentAxis,
    ValueAxis,
    Chart,
    ScatterSeries,
} from '@devexpress/dx-react-chart-material-ui';


const App = () => {

    // Sample data
    const data = [
        { x: 1, y: 2 },
        { x: 1.2, y: 3 },
        { x: 1.3, y: 5 },
        { x: 1.7, y: 4 },
        { x: 1.9, y: 1 },
        { x: 2, y: 2 },
        { x: 2.3, y: 4 },
        { x: 2.6, y: 3 },
        { x: 2.9, y: 3 },
        { x: 3.2, y: 1 },
        { x: 3.5, y: 5 },
        { x: 3.8, y: 4 },
        { x: 4, y: 5 },
        { x: 4.2, y: 3 },
        { x: 4.4, y: 1 },
    ];
    return (
        <Paper>
            <Chart data={data}>
                <ArgumentAxis />
                <ValueAxis />
                <ScatterSeries valueField="y" argumentField="x" />
            </Chart>
        </Paper>
    );
}

export default App;

Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:

npm start

Output: Now open your browser and go to http://localhost:3000: