[okfn-labs] The Data Transformer: http://transformer.datahub.io - cleaning up data in JS in the browser

Sat Jul 28 21:41:22 UTC 2012

This is really cool.

As the project matures, maybe think about adding in the pull request
workflow to support drive by contributions. If you were working on
someone else's data, save clone the original repo and pushing changes
there. Once you were happy, maybe you could push another button
"Recommend Changes" (or maybe just keep it as Pull Request) which
would create a pull request for you.

Experiencing a massive wow from this demo. Excellent work.

On 29 July 2012 05:40, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Announcing an alpha prototype version of the Data Transformer, an app
> to let you clean up data in the browser using javascript:
>
> <http://transformer.datahub.io/>
>
> Here's a 2m overview video:
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM1USNaEcVQ>
>
> This prototype got hacked together in an afternoon a couple of weeks
> ago when I was fortunate enough to spend an an afternoon with Michael
> Aufreiter, Chris Herwig, Mike Morris and others at the Development
> Seed offices. It builds on ReclineJS + oauth / github connectors
> borrowed from Prose.
>
> It's part of an ongoing plan to create a "Data Orchestra" of
> lightweight data services that can play nicely together with each
> other and connect to things like the DataHub (or GitHub ...):
>
> <http://notebook.okfn.org/2012/06/22/datahub-small-pieces-loosely-joined/>
>
> Rufus
>
> ## More details
>
> Some of you may already have seen the "transform" view in ReclineJS:
>
> <http://reclinejs.com/demos/multiview/?currentView=transform>
>
> This allows you to write a simple map function in JS to transform the
> records in a Dataset and then run this code on the entire dataset.
>
> What we worked on in DC was turning this data transform capabilties of
> ReclineJS into a proper app. The result (very much still a work in
> progress) is up online here:
>
> http://transformer.datahub.io/
>
> Tutorial video: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM1USNaEcVQ>
>
> In essence this app:
>
> 1. Let's you load a CSV file from github (fixed at the moment but soon
> to be customizable)
> 2. Let's you write simple javascript to edit this file (uses ReclineJS
> transform and grid views + CSV backends)
> 3. Let's you save this file back to github (via oauth login - this
> utilizes Michael's great work in Prose!)
>
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