Technology Stack Decisions: Visualization
flowirtz opened this issue · comments
Currently, we are deciding between native D3...
D3 (vanilla)
Good
- plenty (endless) chart types
- vanilla => expandable
Bad
- vanilla => complexity 👎 => lots of code for standard charts
... and these four frameworks built on top of D3:
NVD3
Good
- ~30 chart types
Bad
- <=IE8 not supported?!
Plotly
Good
- ~20 chart types
- quickstart guide
Bad
- documentation not great (good enough though?)
C3
Good
- ~16 chart types
Bad
- last update: spring 2016
Vega lite
Good
- ~20 chart types
Bad
- all JSON
- no interaction?
- no data updates?
- components?
Comment further arguments / frameworks below to add to the discussion. 😊
I remember we discusses an hybrid approach, so something like plotly + vanilla
Yes, we also decided on that.
Plotly offers a lot of comfort, but as it makes use of predefined chart types it does not offer the full range of versatility. Therefore, we will also include some parts of D3. 😊