+1 for d3js On Mar 14, 2013, at 12:30 AM, Stephan Bardubitzki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Russell, d3.js looks interesting. Will definitely give it a try. > > Stephan > > Sent from my Galaxy Nexus > > Russell Branca <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Benoit Chesneau <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, March 14, 2013, Russell Branca wrote: >>> >>>> I'm partial to D3.js, which is a powerful library for data manipulation >>> and >>>> provides good constructs for creating SVG based visualizations. It is >>> not a >>>> "charting" library though, but rather a library you would use to create >>>> such a tool. >>>> >>>> D3.js: http://d3js.org/ >>>> >>>> Two nice charting libraries on top of D3: >>>> >>>> http://nvd3.org/ >>>> http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/ >>> which one would you advice? >> >> They're both quite good for building simple things. NVD3 has a wider >> variety of display types, like pie charts, bullet charts, and the tree >> view. Whereas Rickshaw has a more interactive and real time support and a >> good example with: >> http://code.shutterstock.com/rickshaw/examples/extensions.html. >> >> Overall either make a pretty good 80% solution for getting something >> running quickly, but at the end of the day they're just wrappers around D3, >> and if you want a fully customized visualization, D3 is the way to go. >> >> If you interact with and filter data sets in javascript, D3 is a fantastic >> tool to have in your toolkit, as it provides a great set of utility >> functions for manipulating data, but the really interesting part of D3 is >> the concept that it gets its name from, "Data Driven Documents," which is >> basically a way to build data sets that change over time and to easily >> trigger state transitions when your data changes. Worth looking into, and >> lots of good resources out there to learn from. Also, the white paper for >> D3 is quite interesting: http://vis.stanford.edu/files/2011-D3-InfoVis.pdf. >> >> Hope that helps! >> >> >> -Russell >> >> >> >>>> -Russell >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Jim Klo <[email protected]<javascript:;>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good place to start? >>> https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Integrating-D3-with-a-CouchDB-database-1 >>>>> >>>>> That's a very generalized request... Visualizing what? >>>>> >>>>> Google charts is quick and easy, but found it painful to scale. >>> Updating >>>>> the DataTables has always been a bit awkward IMO when working with >>>> CouchDB. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 13, 2013, at 8:11 PM, "Stephan Bardubitzki" < >>>>> [email protected] <javascript:;><mailto:[email protected] >>> <javascript:;>>> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi there, >>>>> >>>>> can someone recommend a tool/library for data visualization? I was >>>>> thinking about Google Chart Tool but there might be others available. >>>>> >>>>> Thx, >>>>> Stephan >> >> -------------------------------- >> Spam/Virus scanning by CanIt Pro >> >> For more information see >> http://www.kgbinternet.com/SpamFilter.htm >> >> To control your spam filter, log in at >> http://filter.kgbinternet.com
