Sorry David, just noticed you posted the same link...I guess it gets at least two endorsements :)
On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Ryan Ramage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> >> > >> > >
