Ask HN: Which framework should I use for a real-time modular dashboard?

6 points by bukka 12 years ago | 4 comments

I have the idea and the concept, I just cannot figure out which framework to go for. I did get into the basics of the most popular ones (AngularJS, BackboneJS), however I feel like I do not have enough knowledge to determine which one is more suitable for this project. Since I do not have enough time to go in-depth with all I will ask those who are experienced to help me decide.

The dashboard should:

- Display real time stats

- Be modular

- Be mobile friendly

Thanks for anyone willing to help.

citrik 12 years ago |

I've been working on something similar, Here's the list of candidates I have so far...

This was just posted but it has some useful info. http://chartio.com/blog/2013/08/informationdashboarddesign

The D3 charting library has some really unusual diagrams that seem like they would add an extra dimension to a dashboard. https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Gallery

Kibana 3 looks like it could be useful, It also led me to the Logstash library which looks helpful. http://three.kibana.org

I've not built the system yet so I don't have much practical experience with these libraries, but they seem like my leading candidates for the display side of the project.

sidmitra 12 years ago |

Take a look at http://shopify.github.io/dashing/

You might not even need to make one on your own, or at worst you can re-use a lot of it for your use case. It uses batman.js i think.

Here's a demo: http://dashingdemo.herokuapp.com/sample

bukka 12 years ago | |

I actually ran into this while doing some research. One thing that worries me about using this framework is how much freedom would I get? I really need custom widgets, such as chat, videos, images and many other types. Do you think this will handle the large amount of custom code on top of it?

sidmitra 12 years ago | | |

I don't see anything that would stop you from implementing it in that framework. It does have a some users, and if shopify uses it then it must be fairly stable and useful.