Client-side rendering

[obfuscurity]

Perform client-side rendering of charts using D3, rather than relying on the Graphite png output. This will allow us to support interactive features like hover legends, "infinite" axes and multi-dimensional charts.

[obfuscurity]

Just realized that Graphite's SVG output is a huge win in this area. We don't necessarily need to do D3 at all. Graphite's SVG seems to work quite well in the browser, at the expense of a little extra size.

[obfuscurity]

Adding support for this now, but we're going to default to PNG output until graphite-project/graphite-web#70 is merged.

[obfuscurity]

Reopening this. I've seen some really bad SVG come out of Graphite's cairo. Probably need to reconsider doing this with D3 again.

[obfuscurity]

I was just reminded by @Dieterbe about his https://github.com/Dieterbe/timeserieswidget project. Might be a good fit here.

[Dieterbe]

it's designed to be a good fit [for graphite dashboards]. if it's not a good fit, it means i have a bug to fix.

[obfuscurity]

#37 #47

[obfuscurity]

@tehviking just pointed me to http://chartkick.com/, looks pretty 🆒.