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Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by namenotrequired » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 11:31 AM UTC

Points from me even if just for the name alone :) Looks great, wish I could think of a use for it!

Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by cincinnatus » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 11:41 AM UTC

Doesn't seem to handle load very well, though normall I guess it wouldn't need to.

Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by masukomi » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 11:46 AM UTC

cincinnatus wrote: post #12

Doesn't seem to handle load very well, though normall I guess it wouldn't need to.

The demo is probably running on a free heroku instance which means a single thread on an itsy-bitsy EC2 instance. At the top of HN we're talking at least 500 concurrent visitors... on a single thread.

Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by masukomi » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 11:47 AM UTC

k__ wrote: post #10

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interestingly for me it's the reverse: using CoffeeScript lowers the barrier to entry :-)

dafuq?

I would not be surprised if spinning up on CoffeeScript was easier for beginners without real JavaScript experience.

Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by jbrooksuk » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 11:51 AM UTC

We wrote our own Dashboard at my current place, but it's nothing as nice as this!

Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by pushmatrix » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 11:58 AM UTC

benaston wrote: post #4

Looks great. Wish it used JavaScript instead of CoffeeScript to lower the barrier to entry though.

You can still use plain old JavaScript if you want.

Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by antileet » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 11:59 AM UTC

8ig8 wrote: post #9

This popped up a few months ago. Unfortunately, not much discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4718311

Well, maybe you can take a look at another dashboard framework I wrote. It uses PHP, pulls data directly from MySQL and works seamlessly on mobile browsers, tablets. :)

http://razorflow.com

Adding support for Google Analytics and Excel in the next two weeks!

Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by pushmatrix » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 12:00 PM UTC

masukomi wrote: post #13

cincinnatus wrote: post #12

Doesn't seem to handle load very well, though normall I guess it wouldn't need to.

The demo is probably running on a free heroku instance which means a single thread on an itsy-bitsy EC2 instance. At the top of HN we're talking at least 500 concurrent visitors... on a single thread.

Bingo. It's on the free heroku, hence the trouble staying alive. Here's an image of what the demo looks like: http://cl.ly/image/321Y2V361X1r

Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by toddmatthews » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 12:04 PM UTC

I'm not a rails guy....why does something so cool looking have to be so closely coupled to a rails backend?

Re: Dashing - A dashboard framework

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Post by pushmatrix » Wed, Mar 27, 2013, 12:04 PM UTC

Hey everyone! Dashing creator here. Thanks for the frontpage :)

I have good news for you all. Dashing will be evolving soon to support multiple backends. Already there are ports being written for python, perl, .net, and also better rails integration. Stay tuned!

P.S: Sorry for the downtime. Was not expecting frontpage. While I work on getting it stable, enjoy this screenshot: http://cl.ly/image/321Y2V361X1r