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IBMPredictiveAnalytics / rCharts_Basic_Charts

Create interactive data visualizations from SPSS Modeler using rCharts.
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excited to see this, but ... #1

Open timelyportfolio opened 8 years ago

timelyportfolio commented 8 years ago

I just spotted this on Twitter, and I am very delighted to see this. However, I am concerned since rCharts is "sort-of" being deprecated in its current form in favor of a htmlwidgets implementation (cc @ramnathv). Here is a quick example of what that htmlwidgets implementation might look like https://github.com/timelyportfolio/rcdimple and post. I would love to know your thoughts and expected future direction so we can collaborate toward a great solution. Thanks again for putting this together.

gfilla commented 8 years ago

Thank you for the input and links to rcdimple. I'll work on converting from rCharts to rcdimple. rcdimple looks great so far and good documentation - thank you!

timelyportfolio commented 8 years ago

I hesitate when I hear you say you will start work on converting. Unfortunately, the API is not stable, and the project is still alpha. What libraries did you like most out of rCharts?

gfilla commented 8 years ago

@timelyportfolio I think primarily the dimple and nvd3 libraries provided what we were looking for. So it sounds like rCharts is being deprecated but rcdimple is not yet ready, so we should use what is available from htmlwidgets? My understanding is the libraries included in the showcase have been built using htmlwidgets and they should all be stable for use. Let me know if that is incorrect.

timelyportfolio commented 8 years ago

@ramnathv, any advice or suggestions?

ramnathv commented 8 years ago

@gfilla rCharts will be split up into multiple htmlwidgets and rcdimple is the first one. rcnvd3 and rcmorris are in the works and will be released soon. The libraries showcased on the htmlwidgets gallery are all on CRAN and so should be stable for use.

There will be a guide that will help migrate to the new API. It resembles the current one largely, except for piping replacing the manipulation in-place.