Fastplot

Fastplot takes advantage of the rendering capabilities of modern web-browsers and Javascript to [really] quickly update visualisations. Get the best of both worlds: Python to compute, JavaScript to render.
As you can see fastplot its still at an early-stage... please help 🍻

How to install it:

Set server

Open a terminal window

Go to the fastplot directory you downloaded

Then go to fastplot_server directory

Type: `sudo chmod 755 fastplot`

Open the .profile file by typing: `nano .profile`

At the end of the file paste: `export PATH="$your/path/fastplot_server:$PATH"`(make sure to set the correct path)

Save the .profile file, exit, and type `source .profile`

Now you should be able to execute the fastplot command everywhere in your machine and see the message:
Running fastplot server...

Install fastplot python library

Go back to the fastplot directory you downloaded

Type: `sudo python setup.py install`

If all goes well, you should see something like:

``` Installed /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/fastplot-0.0.1-py2.7.egg Processing dependencies for fastplot==0.0.1 Finished processing dependencies for fastplot==0.0.1 ``` :+1:

How to use it:

1. From your console type fastplot in order to run the server
2. Now you are free to run your python script using the fastplot library

An example of a minimal python script:

from fastplot import fastplot
import numpy as np

while True:  # whatever you are gonna do

	# compute some values
	msg_1 = np.random.uniform(0,1,30)
	msg_2 = np.random.uniform(0,1,(10,10))
	msg_3 = np.random.uniform(0.4,1,20)

	# use fastplot to plot those values in the browser...
	fastplot.plot( 'Example of line plot', msg_1 )
	fastplot.pcolor( 'Example of pcolor', msg_2 )
	fastplot.barplot( 'Example of line barplot', msg_3 )
	
	

Dependencies:

Tornado

Socket

Disclaimer:

Instructions were tested on Yosemite (Mac) and assumed to work fine on Unix systems.
If you get insights on other platforms or you're aware of issues, please let me know.