Show HN: Using D3.js to visually explore your GitHub connections (nodal.me)

29 points by kgosser 13y ago ↗ HN

We got inspired by the work Mike Bostock has been doing with D3 and wanted to experiment with how we could extend the library in more of an application interface setting than just charting, so we built Nodal: http://nodal.me

The project is built on Python/Flask/Heroku. Read more about the experiment here: http://mattstockton.com/2012/11/30/navigating-your-network-graph-with-nodal/

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kgosser 13y ago ↗

We got inspired by the work Mike Bostock has been doing with D3, but we wanted to extend it to more of an application interface setting than just charting. It's built on Python/Flask/Heroku.

You can fork the project on GitHub here: https://github.com/MattStockton/nodal

Or read more about it here: http://mattstockton.com/2012/11/30/navigating-your-network-g...

jborg 13y ago ↗

wow! awesome way to explore github.

yesimahuman 13y ago ↗

Congrats on launching this :)

I would suggest putting the title you have for this Show HN post on the landing page right at the top, since it's hard to know what exactly it is that I'm putting my github username in for.

As for the graph, it's awesome and fun to play with! I found the "close" button on selecting people a bit small to click.

fudged71 13y ago ↗

ANyone got a screenshot? For those of us without [connected] github accounts?

mstockton 13y ago ↗

There is a screenshot at the end of this blog post: http://mattstockton.com/2012/11/30/navigating-your-network-g...

Also, you do not need to link your account to try out Nodal, you can just search for a user on the login page.

fox91 13y ago ↗

The idea is great! But why all the people I connected to are at the same distance? I'd expect to see closer to my node users with a strong relationship with me

mstockton 13y ago ↗

That's a great point. There are a few different physical properties we can tweak which could give us more control over individual nodes. We haven't gotten that far yet, but have been thinking about the possibilities. Check the blog post to see some thoughts on this.