23 Nov
2014
23 Nov
'14
4:07 p.m.
Pierre CHANSON wrote:
Hi Ben,
yes we could consider a rename if RadarChart is more relevant and more
common. The idea just came with 'kiviat'. Googleing kiviat chart gives
you the Radar chart wikipedia page so... Or maybe because the equivalent
french wikipedia page is named 'Diagramme de Kiviat' and influenced me. ;)
cheers,
Pierre
Cultural differences are interesting. Your view is not wrong, and mine
is just another view. I'll leave it to your considerations :)
cheers -ben
(P.S. Interesting that the Microsoft 2013 reference at the bottom of the
french wikipedia article is to "radar chart".)
2014-11-20 22:57 GMT-03:00 Ben Coman <btc(a)openinworld.com
<mailto:btc@openinworld.com>>:
Alexandre Bergel wrote:
Hi!
Pierre just finished a first version of Kiviat in Roassal. Here
are some example:
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b := RTKiviatBuilder new.
b objects: RTAbstractCircleLayout withAllSubclasses.
n := RTMultiLinearColorForIdentity new objects: (b objects).
b shape circle color: [ :value | n rtValue: value named]; size: 10.
b addMetric: #numberOfLinesOfCode.
b addMetric: #numberOfMethods.
b addMetric: #numberOfVariables.
b activatePolygons.
b build.
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It would be great to have feedback on this!
Cheers,
Alexandre
Thanks Pierre. It looks very nice. I'm not in a position to play
with it just now, so I'll just go for the low hanging fruit.
Q: Is the 'Kiviat' name more descriptive / intention revealing than
'RadarChart' or 'SpiderChart' , which is the more common name I know
for this type of chart. Also per wikipedia...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/__Radar_chart
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_chart>
I never heard of Kiviat. My search's first non-wikidpedia page is
about code metrics...
http://devcodemetrics.__sourceforge.net/Metrics.htm
<http://devcodemetrics.sourceforge.net/Metrics.htm>
...so is 'Kiviat' domain specific terminology for programming?
But are you wanting a wider audience? So maybe consider a rename? :)
cheers -ben