Hi Dylan,
I've been seeing Gremlinbin in action a lot lately (mainly through Daniel's
answers to users on the mailing list). I like it, of course, but there are a
few things that still bug me about it that I think (if you also think) would
make it better. Here is the laundry list.
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The + (New) page is really janky 1990's HTML form-cheesy looking.
We have a graphic for each graph you display there.
http://tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/3.1.1-incubating/images/tinkerpop-modern.png
http://tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/3.1.1-incubating/images/the-crew-graph.png
** I would not provide classic. Just modern. No reason to confuse
people.
** You should also provide the GratefulDead graph with the
visualization being its schema:
http://tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/3.1.1-incubating/images/grateful-dead-schema.png
I don't know what good UI trick to use, but to have it where people can look at
the graphic when selecting which graph to use would be neat. This pull down
form menu is just really fuggly and what does "modern" mean? … "crew" ? … Maybe
even have a little blurb of text under each graphic saying what the graph is
about?….
Next, the "create your own" is sort weird. I don't think it should be there. If
people want to create their own, they would choose empty graph and then in the
console do their addV(), addE() mutations traversals to create the graph (and
see it visualized as they are creating it!).
Finally, perhaps a little Gremlin character on this page to give it some
pizazz.
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The console area should really really really (really) look identical to the
Gremlin Console.
1. Start off with the \___/ Gremlin ASCII character and all.
2. There shouldn't be line breaks between the gremlin> lines.
3. You should type your query at the bottom, not at the top.
4. You should break up the graph loading into multiple steps:
gremlin> graph = TinkerGraph.open()
gremlin> graph = graph.traversal()
5. You should not use TinkerFactory as newbies will go "uhhh?". Perhaps load
from GraphML or GraphSON.
gremlin> graph.io(graphml()).readGraph('data/the-crew.xml')
6. The console area should have an option to export the graph as GraphML,
GraphSON, or Gryo. This way people can take their graph with them.
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Anywho, just some thoughts. If any of them resonate with you, I can add them to
your issue tracker. Just tell me which, if any.
Thanks,
Marko.
http://markorodriguez.com
