fzembow/webcola

Javascript constraint-based graph layout

WebCola

JavaScript constraint based layout for high-quality graph visualization and exploration using D3.js and other web-based graphics libraries.

Homepage with code and more examples

Note: While D3 adaptor supports both D3 v3 and D3 v4, WebCoLa's interface is styled like D3 v3. Follow the setup in our homepage for more details.

Installation

Browser:

<!-- Minified version -->
<script src="http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/cola.min.js"></script>
<!-- Full version -->
<script src="http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/cola.js"></script>

These files can also be accessed from GitHub (minified).

Npm:

npm install webcola --save

You can also install it through npm by first adding it to package.json:

"dependencies": {
  "webcola": "latest"
}

Then by running npm install.

Bower:

bower install webcola --save

If you use TypeScript, you can get complete TypeScript definitions by installing tsd 0.6 and running tsd link.

Building

Linux/Mac/Windows Command Line:

• install node.js

• install grunt from the command line using npm (comes with node.js):

   npm install -g grunt-cli
  

• from the WebCola directory:

   npm install
  

• build, minify and test:

   grunt
  

This creates the cola.js and cola.min.js files in the WebCola directory, generates index.js for npm, and runs tests.

Visual Studio:

• get the typescript plugin
• open webcola.sln

Running

Linux/Mac/Windows Command Line:

Install the Node.js http-server module:

npm install -g http-server

After installing http-server, we can serve out the example content in the WebCola directory.

http-server WebCola

The default configuration of http-server will serve the exampes on http://localhost:8080.