Plotly: interactive plots using JavaScript

Sjoerd J. de Vries

INSERM, UMR-S 973, Molécules Thérapeutiques In silico (MTI)

PlotlyJavaScript library to generate plots in the browser

Why JavaScript? Why Plotly?

Things I don’t know about● JavaScript● Browser DOM● Plotly

Things I do know about● Data-driven protein-protein docking● HADDOCK server

● 9334 registered users● 169004 jobs served● 671 citations

SJ De Vries, M Van Dijk, AMJJ Bonvin - Nature protocols, 2010

Plotly

Advantages● Open source● Completely declarative ● Browser GUI + APIs for Python, R, Matlab, …● On top of D3 and SVG

Very flexible and beautifulno dead pixels!

JavaScript library to generate plots in the browser

Platform paradigm

User

Job validation

Job databaseJob submission

Job status

Visualization

Job database

Resource mngmnt

Queuing system

Service

Platform Cluster

Platformless paradigm?

UserResource mngmnt

Service

Cluster

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