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Tufte's line graph sparklines with D3.js

Shown by rooviz on Jan 17, 2016. Click the card to turn it over.

30points

4comments

#987of 2,264 in 2016

Top 44%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.

Performance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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Using D3 plus extra libraries is heavy for a small sparkline
From 1 comment
- d3js + underscore + jquery for a 20*100px sparkline. Sounds like you only want to use that if you're already using d3.
  SchizoDuckie on HN
Underscore and jQuery are unnecessary; SVGs could be pre-generated
From 1 comment
- I think from what I can scan underscore isn't being used at all and jquery is only used for $.each and $('svg') at the end of the demo. You don't need those libraries. If you…
  Already__Taken on HN

Are dense sparklines actually used at high data density on screens?
From 1 comment
- I always understood it to be that the "typographic resolution" aspect of sparklines was an important characteristic and that you really couldn't display a proper sparkline on a…
  beneater on HN

Pre-generated static SVGs
From 1 comment
- I think from what I can scan underscore isn't being used at all and jquery is only used for $.each and $('svg') at the end of the demo. You don't need those libraries. If you…
  Already__Taken on HN