There are tons of such JavaScript based applications for plots. I have not 
compared them but flot seems to do the job. web2py is using flot for some 
graphs.
What I meant with Java tools is that it's quite complex to write and read 
hdf files in Java applications. Unfortunately I have to use Java once in a 
while
Thomas

On Tuesday, 22 October 2013 16:06:59 UTC+2, Richard wrote:
>
> There is also : http://d3js.org/
>
> :)
>
> Richard
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Richard Vézina 
> <[email protected]<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> request.application ??
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Thomas S 
>> <[email protected]<javascript:>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I use HDF5 for more than a year now. 
>>> It's great. The only drawback is the lack of elegant Java tools.
>>> I upload those files and store their obfuscated names in a database, but 
>>> the actual file in uploads.
>>> Having said that it's not very elegant to construct the URL to locate 
>>> the file:
>>>
>>>  def show():
>>>     csv = db.csv(request.args(0, cast=int))
>>>     
>>>     import pandas
>>>     import os
>>>
>>>     fff = os.path.join("applications", "cda", "uploads", csv.csvfile)
>>>
>>>     session.dataframe = pandas.read_csv(fff, parse_dates=True, 
>>> index_col=0)
>>>
>>>     return dict(title=csv.title, body=csv.body, author=csv.author, 
>>> keys=session.dataframe.keys())
>>>
>>> Note that sesssion,dataframe is now a global variable. And note the ugly 
>>> os.path.join with the name of the application hardcoded.... UGLY!
>>>
>>> Here's a link:
>>> https://tschmelz.**pythonanywher**e.com/cda<https://tschmelz.pythonanywhere.com/cda>
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> https://github.com/tschm/cda
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 22 October 2013 15:16:25 UTC+2, Richard wrote:
>>>
>>>> I heard a lot of good about HDF5 file format to hande important volume 
>>>> of data hierachical (mean you can query what ever data you need without 
>>>> load the full data set into a json for instance) : 
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/**wiki/Hierarchical_Data_Format<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_Data_Format>
>>>>
>>>> It very much faster then postgres (sure postgres is not the faster 
>>>> backend but it scale gracefully)...
>>>>
>>>> The intend of this file format is to be used in conjonction with a DB.
>>>>
>>>> If I remember Pandas can write HDF5, not sure which lib it uses, there 
>>>> is two major lib in python which have different set of feature, one is 
>>>> more 
>>>> fancy but not support all the HDF5 feature and the other is supporting 
>>>> "all" the feature but is less sexy...
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 6:54 AM, Cliff Kachinske <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> use the rows field in auth_permission as described here.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://web2py.com/books/**default/chapter/29/09/access-**
>>>>> control#Authorization<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/09/access-control#Authorization>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 5:40:49 AM UTC-4, Thomas S wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, I am making progress. I guess all those JavaScript tools are not 
>>>>>> great when it comes to plotting millions of points but I am happy to 
>>>>>> downsample on the server side and send less points 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - I am using flot instead of highcharts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Currently, the user is uploading a csv file. I don't do any parsing 
>>>>>> at this stage. However, I rather keep the file (under uploads) and parse 
>>>>>> it 
>>>>>> on request. Having said that this will become a lot more slick soon. 
>>>>>> This 
>>>>>> is my first application. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One thing that puzzles me for now... 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A user has to login to upload a file (that's good), but he can then 
>>>>>> also modify or delete entries in the SQL database created by others. How 
>>>>>> can I make sure he/she only deletes rows he/she has created in the first 
>>>>>> place. All users should be able to see all files though.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's a link:
>>>>>> https://tschmelz.**pythonanywher**e.com/csv<https://tschmelz.pythonanywhere.com/csv>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will soon post it to my Github  (username tschm)
>>>>>> thomas
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sunday, 20 October 2013 15:38:07 UTC+2, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> first things first: are you sure that highcharts can handle 10*100k 
>>>>>>> points to draw a graph ?
>>>>>>> As for the storage, you can do anything you like: if the data 
>>>>>>> doesn't change that much, storing into the database will be a long 
>>>>>>> process 
>>>>>>> only on the first time.
>>>>>>> On the other end, if you need to fetch 100k records and transform 
>>>>>>> them to json, it's going to take some time. 
>>>>>>> Not sure on how much you'll gain from parsing i.e. a csv file 
>>>>>>> instead of a querying a db.... 
>>>>>>> if the returning json object is , let's say, 10 mb, it's always 
>>>>>>> gonna feel heavy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sunday, October 20, 2013 9:11:07 AM UTC+2, Thomas S wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have created a standard application relying on Pandas and PyQt4 
>>>>>>>> to browse through a Pandas Dataframe.
>>>>>>>> A dataframe is essentially a dictionary of time series data.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am new to web2py but I have experience with Pandas and matplotlib.
>>>>>>>> I am also tempted to embed www.highcharts.com into my application.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Before I dig into web2py I would like to know which route is 
>>>>>>>> probably most promising.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Should I parse the dataframe on the webserver and write it into a 
>>>>>>>> SQL database? I guess that could be slow?
>>>>>>>> Such a dataframe may consist of a dictionary with 100 elements each 
>>>>>>>> several 100k points.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Should I parse a time series onto request into a json format and 
>>>>>>>> export to javaScript? 
>>>>>>>> In this case how could I provide a way to generate a menu from the 
>>>>>>>> keys in the dictionary.
>>>>>>>> E.g. user clicks on a key, python does all the computations for 
>>>>>>>> some stats.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The plan is to upload the data using csv files.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, I am a bit lost by the wide range of possibilities in web2py. I 
>>>>>>>> would be delighted if you would like to get involved in this open 
>>>>>>>> source 
>>>>>>>> project.
>>>>>>>> The main goal for now is to learn web2py :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please find the Github of the original application here
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/tschm/**Panda**sMonitor<https://github.com/tschm/PandasMonitor>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sorry for being so unprecise in my questions but it just reflects 
>>>>>>>> that I don't have a very precise plan at this stage.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kind regards
>>>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>>>>
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