Hi Johs! Thanks! I am interested in data journalism, and data visualizations as well.
Using CouchDB with d3 in an app could be really interesting. There is another library called RaphaelJS that is pretty good. (http://raphaeljs.com/) It is more SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) focused, so their aren’t as many functions that work on collections of data, but it’s a powerful tool for designers to make their own visualizations, and not be “locked-in” to the visualizations that D3 has already set up. (And everything scales! it’s built for scaling :) Another library I’ve been playing around with is called ProcessingJS. This library is art focused as well, but people are picking up to create interesting stuff. Some neat stuff with this community. Checkout http://www.openprocessing.org/ for demo’s and sketches. and http://processingjs.org/ for info on the language. I’d like to explore these more :) Also, I was thinking that there is the issue of how Fauxton is a data visualization of our data, and the @design mailing list will be a good place to brainstorm ideas for Fauxton. But all design related discussions are welcome, including how to build visualizations with CouchDB powering the data. For example, I’d like to think about some ways to scale the visualizations. Not like height and width, but what to do if my data viz has million of data points? I recently was asked how to render a front end application visualization that could potentially have millions of data points and could break the client. My initial response to this was to bin the data, then render it, but as I thought about it over the next couple of days, it seemed like a good topic for discussion. and I am open to hearing what others would think is the best approach for that type of situation. - Michelle > On Sep 10, 2015, at 9:24 AM, Johs Ensby <j...@b2w.com> wrote: > > Good idea, Michelle! > > One idea that I think could be powerful for a group like this is to explore d3 > Data journalism is a strong wave and CouchDB and d3 are a perfect match. > > It's also showcase Couch in a powerful way outside the DBA group. > > Other 2D and 3D graphics libraries in JavaScript might also bring users to > Couch. > > Johs > > >> On 10. sep. 2015, at 15.18, Michelle Phung <michel...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I would like to open mailing thread for CouchDB designers, design advocates, >> and design enthusiasts. >> >> It is a place to discuss all things design related with respect to CouchDB. >> It could be a good place for people to learn about design. >> >> Michelle Phung >> >> >> >
