Victory
Dev tools
charting library
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
7 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Design: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Composable components fit the React way of working and allow easy customisation
From 1 comment
I replaced ChartJS with Victory on a recent project for charting investment performance, and was generally very pleased with the experience. The focus on composable components…
tomduncalf on HN
SVG rendering quality is better than Canvas charts
From 1 comment
I replaced ChartJS with Victory on a recent project for charting investment performance, and was generally very pleased with the experience. The focus on composable components…
tomduncalf on HN
Used by FiveThirtyEight
From 1 comment
This looks pretty slick. Awesome to see that FiveThirtyEight is using it, too (http://formidable.com/open-source/victory/about/#showcase). I've always wrestled with D3 when doing…
donjh on HN
Objections
Documentation is hard for beginners
From 2 comments
the documentation isn't very beginner friendly, I found recharts much easier to get started with
findjashua on HNI tried it. The documentation is not helpful at all. I couldn't manage to create a simple chart with basic features.
fiatjaf on HN
Bundle size is large, close to 800 KB with React
From 1 comment
The size of the React and Victory libraries in the demo is close to 800 KB. How can this be reduced? For instance, it took ~12 seconds to render the chart with network and CPU…
SimeVidas on HN
Alpha version with breaking changes before v1.0.0
From 1 comment
I found Victory really interesting, but: "This project is in alpha release. We're hard at work fixing bugs and improving the API. Be prepared for breaking changes! SEMVER Minor…
caspg on HN
Requests
Reduce bundle size
From 1 comment
The size of the React and Victory libraries in the demo is close to 800 KB. How can this be reduced? For instance, it took ~12 seconds to render the chart with network and CPU…
SimeVidas on HN
Questions
Is it cross-framework compatible beyond React
From 2 comments
This is not cross framework compatible because of react. Unfortunately I can't use it :( Will stick to c3js.
ergo14 on HNI'm not sure I understand this comment. The title says "ReactJS" library. Do you mean it isn't compatible with React Native? Or did you really expect it to be compatible with…
pedalpete on HN
Alternatives named
D3
From 2 comments
D3 plays really nicely with React already. I'll try this out, but not sure if I'd switch.
nathancahill on HNFor basic charting I'd have to agree with you. D3 has some awesome utility functions (scales, SVG path generation, the entire geo side of things... ) but their method of binding…
schreiaj on HN
ChartJS
From 1 comment
I replaced ChartJS with Victory on a recent project for charting investment performance, and was generally very pleased with the experience. The focus on composable components…
tomduncalf on HN
recharts
From 1 comment
the documentation isn't very beginner friendly, I found recharts much easier to get started with
findjashua on HN
c3js
From 1 comment
This is not cross framework compatible because of react. Unfortunately I can't use it :( Will stick to c3js.
ergo14 on HN
Highcharts
From 1 comment
I replaced ChartJS with Victory on a recent project for charting investment performance, and was generally very pleased with the experience. The focus on composable components…
tomduncalf on HN