A website for producing interactive charts without writing a single line of code. Built with Common Lisp and Python. https://charts.craigoates.net
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<h1>About</h1>
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<p><strong>
This website's aim is to help people take their spreadsheets and generate
interactive charts with them.
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The charts are created using a plotting/visualisation library written in
Python called Bokeh.
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About Bokeh
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The following it taken from Bokeh's website,
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<blockquote>
Bokeh is a Python library for creating interactive visualizations for modern
web browsers. It helps you build beautiful graphics, ranging from simple
plots to complex dashboards with streaming datasets. With Bokeh, you can
create JavaScript-powered visualizations without writing any JavaScript
yourself.
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If you would like to know more about Bokeh, please use the following links:
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://bokeh.org">Bokeh's Main Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.bokeh.org">Bokeh's Documentation Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://demo.bokeh.org/">Examples of charts made with Bokeh</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>The Site's Intended Users</h2>
<p>
The main group of people I had in mind when I developed this website were
people with little to no programming experience but worked with
spreadsheets. Because of this, the type of charts a user can create
utilises only a sub-set of Bokeh's functionality. This trade-off, though,
allows non-programmers to make interactive charts quickly and easily. From
there, they can explore and share said charts like it was another file on
your computer.
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<h2>Accepted File Types</h2>
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So far, this website only accepts the following file types:
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<ul>
<li>Comma-Seperate values (.csv)</li>
<li>Tab-Seperated values (.tsv)</li>
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<p>
These types of files quite common and can be viewed in standard
spreadsheet software such as:
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/">Libre Office: Calc</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/excel">Microsoft Excel</a></li>
</ul>
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<strong>Note: </strong>
Because .csv and .tsv are 'plain text' files, you should be able to open them
using Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac OS).
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<h2>About Craig</h2>
<p>
The short version is on my personal website you will find artworks I've
made, blog posts I've written, 3D models I've concocted, graphic design
projects I've put together and software I've developed. For the longer
version,
visit <a href="https://www.craigoates.net/about">craigoates.net/about</a>.
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