NGngould·May 23, 2016
If you're interested in defining dimensions using tabular data in JS, check out crossfilter.js.
https://github.com/square/crossfilter
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crossfilter
Fast n-dimensional filtering and grouping of records.
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14 points · Open discussionI'm sure people will loathe me for saying this, but I'd really like to see the implemented into JavaScript.
We've got Crossfilter (https://github.com/square/crossfilter/wiki/API-Reference); however, as more data moves client-side with storage APIs like IndexedDB, I see a need for "as efficient as possible"
In WikiSort – Fast, stable, O(1) space merge sort algorithmThis is part of the reason why I ported Vladimir Yaroslavskiy's dual-pivot quicksort to JavaScript (https://github.com/square/crossfilter/blob/master/src/quicks...) for Crossfilter (http://square.github.com/crossfilter). It is much, much faster than the native sort. I would guess that WebKit uses this slower algorithm because it's an easy way to implement stable sort. If I recall, Chrome was one of the earlier browsers to implement a non-stable sorting algorithm for JavaScript and it broke various pages that assumed stable sort (such as tables that let you sort by multiple columns).
Fun side-note: you can use a matrix diagram to visualize how your browser sorts, letting you determine your browser's sort algorithm visually. For example, Chrome uses median-of-3 quicksort, and Firefox uses mergesort. See for yourself!
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Update: Square have changed the name to Crossfilter:
"Renamed to Crossfilter, partly in homage to Chris Weaver's work on multidimensional visualization. It may not have the intrigue of "tesseract", but it does describe the library's function succinctly."
-- https://github.com/square/crossfilter/issues/1#issuecomment-...
In Square open-sources Tesseract: fast filtering for coordinated viewsWell, it didn't hurt the project much to ship it first and worry about the name later. Also I remember reading somewhere that one of the creators was aware of the OCR engine but didn't anticipate it being a problem. So googling wouldn't have helped.
Here's the issue: https://github.com/square/crossfilter/issues/1
In Tesseract is now CrossfilterSquare's Tesseract Project Renamed to Crossfilter
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