JavaScript constraint based layout for high-quality graph visualization and exploration using D3.js and other web-based graphics libraries.
Homepage with code and more examples
Note: While D3 adaptor supports both D3 v3 and D3 v4, WebCoLa's interface is styled like D3 v3. Follow the setup in our homepage for more details.
<!-- Minified version -->
<script src="http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/cola.min.js"></script>
<!-- Full version -->
<script src="http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/cola.js"></script>
These files can also be accessed from GitHub (minified).
npm install webcola --save
You can also install it through npm by first adding it to package.json:
"dependencies": {
"webcola": "latest"
}
Then by running npm install.
bower install webcola --save
If you use TypeScript, you can get complete TypeScript definitions by installing tsd 0.6 and running tsd link.
Linux/Mac/Windows Command Line:
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install node.js
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install grunt from the command line using npm (comes with node.js):
npm install -g grunt-cli -
from the WebCola directory:
npm install -
build, minify and test:
grunt
This creates the cola.js and cola.min.js files in the WebCola directory, generates index.js for npm, and runs tests.
Visual Studio:
- get the typescript plugin
- open webcola.sln
Linux/Mac/Windows Command Line:
Install the Node.js http-server module:
npm install -g http-server
After installing http-server, we can serve out the example content in the WebCola directory.
http-server WebCola
The default configuration of http-server will serve the exampes on http://localhost:8080.