GraphvizAnim
Dev tools
graph visualisation
SHOW HN2016
70points
18comments
#547of 2,264 in 2016
Top 25%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
6 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.44.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful tool that solves a real problem
From 2 comments
You are not dumb. Releasing un-commented code that works is still releasing code that works. This actually solves a problem I was having. Thanks for sharing it.
venning on HNCoincidentally I released an experimental graph animation video using graph-tool for rendering and ffmpeg for conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywrMtBcgeI The…
minimaxir on HN
Animating graphs makes them clearer
From 1 comment
I really like the idea of animating graphviz graphs. It definitely helps to make them clearer. I know it's a proof of concept but one suggestion would be to animate the line…
benbjohnson on HN
Objections
Code lacks comments and usage examples
From 1 comment
No, I am dumb and should comment the code (and provide few usage examples). I wrote it in a hurry yesterday night, it was just an hack and it ended up on the frontpage of HN.
mapio on HN
Does not work on iPhone
From 1 comment
I'm not complaining but interested - why does this not work on my iPhone? Safari does not support it? Phones in general do not provide some basic resource needed? I have usually…
lifeisstillgood on HN
Requests
Output animated SVG so lines can be drawn
From 2 comments
I really like the idea of animating graphviz graphs. It definitely helps to make them clearer. I know it's a proof of concept but one suggestion would be to animate the line…
benbjohnson on HNThe `gvanim.jupyter` module is actually using SVG, so that would be awesome! Would you like to contribute? I'll be glad to accept a pull request :) I have opened an issue…
mapio on HN
Questions
Whether it works on iPhone
From 2 comments
I'm not complaining but interested - why does this not work on my iPhone? Safari does not support it? Phones in general do not provide some basic resource needed? I have usually…
lifeisstillgood on HNIf I open the GitHub page on my iPhone I can see the graph animating. It's just an animated gif, so it should not really be a problem of Javascript at all (there is none…
mapio on HN
How to use d3 with it
From 1 comment
That's really nice! I like graphviz layouts because they use curved arcs (that sometimes make graphs look much better). How difficult would be to use it with d3?
mapio on HN
Alternatives named
greuler (d3 interactive graph animation)
From 1 comment
This looks really similar to what you want to do but with d3 and interactive: http://maurizzzio.github.io/greuler/#/examples/dfs (click "run algorithm")
Buetol on HN
graph-tool with ffmpeg
From 1 comment
Coincidentally I released an experimental graph animation video using graph-tool for rendering and ffmpeg for conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywrMtBcgeI The…
minimaxir on HN
oovaide (C++ sequence diagrams)
From 1 comment
I'm going to answer my own question: https://github.com/animatedb/oovaide
chris_wot on HN