Like Russell said, a lot of tools get you to 80%. It really depends what you are trying to do. Anyway, this is a handy reference for me:
http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:18 AM, David Coallier <[email protected]>wrote: > Here's my two cents on it: > > Depending on what you want to achieve, Google Charts might be good enough. > > If you need to perform some analysis, perhaps R and ggplot2 would be enough > for you (Using RJSON and Rcurl) as it's quite easy to fetch information > from CouchDB. > > Now, d3js is a project I personal adore and hate at the same time. It is > extremely powerful, but it can be quite confusing and hard to wrap your > head around. > > If I were you I'd analyse what is the problem you are trying to solve. For > instance, if your data is mostly time-series based, something like > Cubism.js (Which is powered by d3js) might be interesting for you. > > Rickshaw might be enough for you (at least to get started). > > Again, considering what problem you are trying to solve is very important. > I'd also take a look at http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ which > contains various tools related to data visualisation that might be quite > useful to you. > > I hope this helps a bit. > > On 14 March 2013 11:53, Dan Santner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +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 > > > > -- > > David Coallier <http://filter.kgbinternet.com> > > >
