[ddj] Climbing the d3.js stack

Tue Aug 13 08:17:15 UTC 2013

Hi,

I've mostly cargo-culted d3 examples directly - will have to take a look
into the wrapping libraries.

I don't think I'll use the R or Python libraries - since I think it misses
the point. (If I have a js framework, I want to use it for things that can
be continuously updated...)

Michael

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 08:32:09AM +1200, Tim McNamara wrote:
> Thanks Tony. Have been wondering about the ecosystem for a little bit
> myself.
> On 13/08/2013 4:30 AM, "Tony.Hirst" <Tony.Hirst at open.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Much as I suspect many of us would like to be able to create rich
> > interactive d3.js powered visualisations from the d3.js library itself, the
> > overheads of learning how to use d3.js effectively are likely to prevent
> > many of us from getting very far at all.
> >
> > However, all is not lost, because there is an increasing number of tools
> > that allow us to use d3.js components in a far more direct way, from
> > Javascript libraries that use d3.js to build "common" chart types (such as
> > line charts or bar charts), as well as more specialised charts (such as
> > realtime time series displays, crosslinked filters, or netwrok diagrams).
> > And you donlt even need to be a Javascript programmer to be able to create
> > d3js powered webpages - libraries in R and Python can generate that side of
> > the code for you.
> >
> > I've popped a quick post up on to the School of Data blog describing the
> > emerging d3.js stack, at least as it appears to me:
> >
> > http://schoolofdata.org/2013/08/12/climbing-the-d3-js-visualisation-stack/
> >
> > If you know of any libraries that are missing, or other layers of the
> > stack that you think need to be added, please let me know via a comment ot
> > that post:-)
> >
> > tony
> >
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