# EasyChart configureChart extension function

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**Created:** [March 9, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-configurechart-extension-function/17300 "2018-03-09T18:00:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/easychart-configurechart-extension-function/17300/5 "2018-03-10T00:54:56Z")

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Functionality of charts and many components in Ignition is very basic and i don't think anything much will happen. Dashboard and component development community is very active in React JS. I think, Ignition has realized this trend and hence planning to release a new JS visualization module called Perspective. Very good move. Check this topic.

> [@Ignition Community Conference 2017](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-community-conference-2017/15436/6):
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> New Visualization Module – Perspective … This new module, called Perspective, will add browser-based clients to Ignition. It is based on front-end web technologies such as HTML5, Javascript, React and CSS3… This is interesting to see Ignition to become more web-based. Though it does raise some questions. Will Jython scripting still be available in the GUI when using Perspective, or will JavaScript become the primary scripting language? What about the backend scripts (gateway scripts, tag tri…

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