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by tomgp 10y ago
I disagree, if you can become comfortable with imperfection in your work you'll derive more satisfaction from the process of creation -- or at least that has been my experience. It requires a concerted and conscious effort but pays div
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by tomgp 10y ago
I've been using option 1. (without React) to leverage d3's functionality on the server side, outputting templated SVGs after using a layout function to create transformations scalings etc. on the data. I've taken this approac
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by tomgp 10y ago
Excellent work! I've been using bits and pieces of this since the start of the year and can attest to the fact that migration from 3 is relatively painless.
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by tomgp 10y ago
Agreed, the writing here is terrible; from the very first sentence... "to vector Internet evolution" urgh!
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by tomgp 10y ago
As someone who work a lot with d3.js and is constantly getting search results relating to Diablo 3 I can appreciate your frustration.
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by tomgp 10y ago
There's a steep learning curve but a lot of that is to do with properly grasping the conceptual underpinnings of the library. It's not a charting library, thinking of it as a charting library and it'll make little sense. As s
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by tomgp 11y ago
Of course it would be terrible if children were able to learn to code!
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by tomgp 11y ago
NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo....... ;) This is the exact wrong way round. Continuous colour scales are hugely problematic because of the fact that our colour perception is closely linked to context. the classic illustration: http://blo
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by tomgp 11y ago
They seem to be made with Highcharts [1] a good tool for this kind of thing with a very shallow and short learning curve. Not particularly flexible though by comparison to what D3 has to offer [2] [1] http://www.highcharts.com&#x
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by tomgp 11y ago
Jason Davies has done excellent work on addressing this problem in the browser https://www.jasondavies.com/maps/raster/
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by tomgp 12y ago
>why we don't have enough evidence based scientific studies in the world of software If you're interested in this stuff you could do worse than checking out Andy Oram and Greg Wilsons 'Making Software: What Really Works, a
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by tomgp 12y ago
From the picture it looks to me like egg is undercooked i.e. the white is still runny and kind of mucousy, ideally you want a solid tender white and a totally separate uncooked yolk. A slightly higher temperature (67 deg C) would ensure the
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by tomgp 12y ago
more likely both icons were inspired by the bird's distinctive silhouette
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by tomgp 13y ago
I would also suggest checking out D3 if you're not familiar with it. What you've described sounds like a perfect fit.
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by tomgp 14y ago
The BBC News website is entirely flat files. Though the newer responsive/mobile version isn't.