Hi. Looks good :) Just out of curiosity, what data format you used? csv, sqlite? I am interested in using Neo4j from pharo ( http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~MasashiUmezawa/Neo4reSt) with a large database, and few days ago and found the ICIJ used Neo4j to relate information. In a few days they will give a webinar: http://info.neo4j.com/05262016-ICIJandPanamaPapersOnDemand_Registration.html A question, you can use Neo4reSt to store data and Pharo/Roassal for display on a more or less friendly way? or there is a lot impedance between graph models? 2016-05-20 13:44 GMT-03:00 Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas < offray.luna@mutabit.com>:
Hi,
I'm glad to share my recent work with Pharo/Roassal in the form of a minisite[1] and a detailed blog entry[2] arguing about interactive environments for increasing understanding and participation in data phenomena:
[1] http://mutabit.com/repos.fossil/panama-papers/doc/tip/index.html [2] http://mutabit.com/offray/blog/en/entry/panama-papers-1
Using a relatively simple visualization I advocate for this case. The bigger issues here were not related with visualization, but with accuracy/completion of the information. For example the original RTSVGPath includes only 167 world territories, but Panama Papers mentions over 210. Improving accuracy lead to hunting a bug and to its bugfix. So we have a more cleaver reader for SVG in Roassal. I was fighting for several days with newbie errors (like the one on the download bar not advancing, despite of the download being made).
I think that this are good exemplars on how Pharo Roassal is a superb moldable and affordable platform on the issues of data oriented reproducible research (in journalism and/or activism and others).
Comments and suggestions are welcomed, as always.
Cheers,
Offray