Highcharts Editor Replacement

[dan-bowerman]

High-level requirements (culled from capabilities pre-existing in https://editor.highcharts.com/full.html):

• [ ] Ability to preview charts while they are being developed
• [ ] Ability to Paste in tabular data
• [ ] Ability to Import a properly formatted CSV
• [ ] *Ability to Develop English and French simultaneously (like RAMP4 editor)
• [ ] Option to import existing Highcharts JSON configuration
• [ ] Option to Export as Highcharts JSON configuration
• [ ] Field to input a Chart title
• [ ] Field to input a Chart sub-title
• [ ] Field to input Data Series configs: Color, color by point, dash style, enable point markers?, marker symbol
• [ ] Field to input a Y-axis title
• [ ] Field to input a X-axis title (if needed)

Chart/Series types - Keep it basic on the first pass, add more types as demand dictates:

• [ ] Bar
• [ ] Column
• [ ] Line
• [ ] Scatter
• [ ] Any combination of the above*
• [ ] Pie (does not combine}

Things we could hardcode/make default:

• [ ] Filename*
• [ ] Width, height, zoom: auto
• [ ] Fonts and styles
• [ ] Value labels
• [ ] Legends
• [ ] Number formatting
• [ ] Export button and menu (localization)
• [ ] Disable credits/Highcharts attribution

Other considerations:

• Needs a fun acronym?
• An "Advanced" config editor to allow straight JSON manipulation?
• This may want its own repo? Do we want it to be standalone outside of RESPECT?
• Look and feel should be similar to the RAMP4 config-editor, but consultation with UX Team is advised.
• Should be fully WCAG "AA" compliant.

* Needs further discussion

[dan-bowerman]

Related #359

[yileifeng]

List looks good to me and includes all of the core functionality. Having an advanced editor (similar to what we have for slides) seems like a good idea to cover any gaps from missing advanced functionality such as secondary axis positioning, tooltip/legend formatting, etc. The consideration for integrating an advanced editor would involve drafting up a comprehensive Highcharts schema for validation.

[james-rae]

This may want its own repo? Do we want it to be standalone outside of RESPECT?

I remember someone mentioning in a meeting that general real-world users of the current highcharts editor were awfully unhappy due to the lack of support.

Having this as a stand-alone might have a lot of use for a lot of people (and maybe even a few of them discover their StoryRamp dreams can come true). On the flipside, if this does become popular, one can expect all sorts of issues being logged, requests for new features, and the obligatory grouses and unpleasantness of anything public. I can't see many asks getting prioritized unless it's something also benefiting our projects.

Anyway, could be...interesting.