How to learn D3.js

Re:How to learn D3.js by psv1 on Thursday September 05, 2019 @01:11PM (#20888750)

> We don't use Javascript much

Not even Leaflet? I've been using its R interface and I think it's fairly easy to pick up.

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Re:How to learn D3.js by dlivingston on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:00PM (#20889252)

I'll take a look at it. For scripting, I'm mainly Python and Julia based, but R is definitely pretty common around here. Thanks for the info.

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Re:How to learn D3.js by qorrect on Thursday September 05, 2019 @08:22PM (#20891894)

What does Julia have that Python or R lack ?

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Re:How to learn D3.js by dagw on Friday September 06, 2019 @02:38AM (#20893556)

Speed.

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Re:How to learn D3.js by psv1 on Friday September 06, 2019 @04:56AM (#20894095)

I like Julia as a language but the speed argument doesn't really apply vs Python. Yes, benchmarks against pure Python implementations look good but in reality no one uses naive pure-python implementations. Python (with all the bells and whistles that interop with C/C++ like numpy, pytorch, tensorflow, numba, cython...) is very performant.

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Re:How to learn D3.js by dagw on Friday September 06, 2019 @05:03AM (#20894138)

Python (with all the bells and whistles that interop with C/C++ like numpy, pytorch, tensorflow, numba, cython...) is very performant

I know. I spend much of my days writing 'high performance' Python, and Python is still my go to tool for just about everything. Julia's big advantage is, kind of like Fortran vs C back in the day, that it's fast even if you're just writing things in the most obvious and natural way for your domain.

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