title: SpeckTackle: JavaScript charts for spectroscopy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Spectra visualisation from methods such as mass spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy or nuclear magnetic resonance is an essential part of every web-facing spectral resource. The development of an intuitive and versatile visualisation tool is a time- and resource-intensive task, however, most databases use their own embedded viewers and new databases continue to develop their own viewers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We present SpeckTackle, a custom-tailored JavaScript charting library for spectroscopy in life sciences. SpeckTackle is cross-browser compatible and easy to integrate into existing resources, as we demonstrate for the MetaboLights database. Its default chart types cover common visualisation tasks following the de facto 'look and feel' standards for spectra visualisation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SpeckTackle is released under GNU LGPL to encourage uptake and reuse within the community. The latest version of the library including examples and documentation on how to use and extend the library with additional chart types is available online in its public repository.
authors.affiliation: European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD UK.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beisken
authors.affiliation: European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD UK.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Conesa
authors.affiliation: European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD UK.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haug
authors.affiliation: European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD UK.
authors.forename: Reza M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Salek
authors.affiliation: European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD UK.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Steinbeck
keywords: Charting library; JavaScript; Spectroscopy