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http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ http://www.quora.com/Is-there-an-open-source-alternative-to-Geckoboard?share=1 http://www.q

http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ http://shopify.github.io/dashing/ http://www.quora.com/Is-there-an-open-source-alternative-to-Geckoboard?share=1 http://www.quora.com/Is-there-an-open-source-alternative-to-... That's where I started finding some. I've not implemented one yet as my ToDo list at work is just huge. Also highcharts, a basic eye for design and some simple javascript will get you 95% there. Most of those squares are just a big font with a red down or green up arrow next to them.

Karunamon 13y ago
I've actually been to both of these links already, but thank you :) The problem with Dashing is that it seems like it's a really low-level framework, i.e. we'll need to basically suck the data out and render it ourselves down at the JS level, instead of saying "Here's my web service, here's how the data is delimited, show me a table". Which is fine for initial setup I suppose, but it's not something we really have time to maintain and tweak on an ongoing basis. This is more of a "would be nice" type deal instead of a very pressing business need, so securing resources to code something together would be tricky.
- mattmanser 13y ago
  They're honestly not that hard to bang out, a quick custom query and at the very basic level a javascript SetInterval. It's a bit like shell scripts or build scripts or starting to use a new source control system, once you've done one any more takes no more than an hour. It's just that first one that takes a day.
  - Karunamon 13y ago
    Perhaps, but if you're not familiar with SCSS and JS, it reads all like greek, takes a good deal of time, and is a bit annoying that you need to know 5 separate languages (JS, CoffeeScript, S/CSS, HTML, and Ruby) just to render some data on a page in a somewhat aesthetically pleasing way. If you're a web developer, I bet this is really easy. If you come from a systems programming/admin background like me, this looks like a great deal of work for little payoff. I'd like to think someone, somewhere has come up with a dashboard framework that's user friendly and doesn't require forwarding proprietary data outside the company.

Karunamon 13y ago

I've actually been to both of these links already, but thank you :) The problem with Dashing is that it seems like it's a really low-level framework, i.e. we'll need to basically suck the data out and render it ourselves down at the JS level, instead of saying "Here's my web service, here's how the data is delimited, show me a table". Which is fine for initial setup I suppose, but it's not something we really have time to maintain and tweak on an ongoing basis. This is more of a "would be nice" type deal instead of a very pressing business need, so securing resources to code something together would be tricky.

mattmanser 13y ago
They're honestly not that hard to bang out, a quick custom query and at the very basic level a javascript SetInterval. It's a bit like shell scripts or build scripts or starting to use a new source control system, once you've done one any more takes no more than an hour. It's just that first one that takes a day.
- Karunamon 13y ago
  Perhaps, but if you're not familiar with SCSS and JS, it reads all like greek, takes a good deal of time, and is a bit annoying that you need to know 5 separate languages (JS, CoffeeScript, S/CSS, HTML, and Ruby) just to render some data on a page in a somewhat aesthetically pleasing way. If you're a web developer, I bet this is really easy. If you come from a systems programming/admin background like me, this looks like a great deal of work for little payoff. I'd like to think someone, somewhere has come up with a dashboard framework that's user friendly and doesn't require forwarding proprietary data outside the company.