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This is our space for writing tutorials and collecting things we find interesting. It is mostly about data visualizations, interactive maps and web development in general.
Data Visualization
Maps
Open Source
Data Analysis
Open Source
– 15 March, 2022
React Flow 10 Release
We are releasing React Flow 10, a new website, docs, a blog and React Flow Pro.
Open Source
– 20 May, 2021
React UI Libraries 2021
A List of 15 active and maintained React UI libraries sorted by Github stars.
Open Source
webkid
– 05 May, 2020
React Flow - A Library for Rendering Interactive Graphs
We just open sourced "React Flow" : A library for rendering interactive node-based graphs with a smooth panning and zooming behaviour and…
Open Source
webkid
– 17 September, 2019
We built a simple NLP tool for counting word frequency
We recently worked on a project with Zeit Online which is analyzing the frequency of words in the Bundestag's (the german parliament…
Open Source
– 28 February, 2018
OECD & webkid open source chart library
In cooperation with OECD , we recently published an open source charting library based on D3 called OECD Simple Charts . As the charts…
Open Source
Maps
webkid
– 07 February, 2018
Plugin: Leaflet Truesize
A Leaflet plugin for creating projection aware draggable polygons and polylines.
Open Source
webkid
– 22 January, 2018
D3 Discovery
We built D3 Discovery, a helpful application that lets you explore a growing list of d3 utilities by providing a list of sorting and filtering functions.
Open Source
– 17 December, 2017
Moving from Disqus to schnack
How and why we moved from Disqus to schnack, a self-hostable Open Source commenting platform.
Open Source
– 07 November, 2017
npm tips & scripts!
In this article we cover some useful tips and tricks about how to use npm.
Maps
Open Source
webkid
– 09 October, 2017
Plugin: Swoopy Arrows For Leaflet Maps
We created a plugin that helps you to create customizable swoopy arrow annotations on top of Leaflet maps.
Maps
Open Source
– 25 April, 2017
Making Maps With React
In this article you can find an overview about different React mapping libraries. A lot of our projects are about data visualizations and maps.
Open Source
– 27 June, 2016
React UI Libraries
This article introduces 5 React UI libraries. You will see how to setup and integrate them for your purposes. We will share our impressions and show an example for each library.
Open Source
– 30 May, 2016
CSS/UI Frameworks: 10 Bootstrap alternatives
In this post I will give you an overview of some CSS and UI frameworks. If you are building a rich admin dashboard, Bootstrap is totally fine, but for smaller projects you might not need all its features.
Open Source
– 09 May, 2016
Neural Networks in Javascript
Neural networks provide the possibility to solve complicated non linear problems. They can be used in various areas such as signal classification, forecasting timeseries and pattern recognition.
Data Visualization
Open Source
– 23 November, 2015
Some simple tricks for creating responsive charts with D3
In this post I have collected some techniques that I used recently when creating D3 Charts. These examples might help you to improve the readability and usability of your charts.
Open Source
– 28 July, 2015
How to create a REST API with Hapi, Dogwater and Bedwetter
Creating a REST API is a common task in web development. I really like the ecosystem of Hapi, so today I want to show you how to do that using the Plugins Dogwater and Bedwetter.
Maps
Open Source
– 19 July, 2015
You Might Not Need QGIS
QGIS is a great tool when you have to work with geospatial data, but when you only want to do one or two little tasks, like renaming or filtering some attributes then you might not need a heavy GUI based program.
Open Source
– 22 May, 2015
Node.js Scraping Libraries
In this post I will show you how to use different libraries so you can get a rough idea of how to work with them. These are only very simple examples. Please check out the docs to get to know more.
Open Source
– 14 May, 2015
Replacing jQuery with D3
You can easily replace jQuery in your visualization projects by using D3-only functions. When creating visualizations or interactives we often use a combination of jQuery and D3.
Maps
Open Source
– 12 February, 2015
Leaflet: Seven rarely used features
In this post I will share some Leaflet features with you I wish I knew earlier. It should help you to use the full power of Leaflet and not only stick to the map related functions.
Data Visualization
Open Source
– 05 January, 2015
Javascript Chart Libraries
In this article we will give you a quick overview about open source javascript chart libraries (mostly D3 based). Just leave a comment if you miss one.
Recommended
Open Source
webkid
– 05 May, 2020
React Flow - A Library for Rendering Interactive Graphs
Open Source
webkid
– 22 January, 2018
D3 Discovery
Data Visualization
Open Source
– 23 November, 2015
Some simple tricks for creating responsive charts with D3