charlotte spins a hyperlocal context graph and digital twins into a web visualisation using Cytoscape.js.
charlotte is lightweight client-side JavaScript that runs in the browser. See a live demo using the code in this repository at: reelyactive.github.io/charlotte/?demo=default
Include in an index.html file the viewport, charlotte.js script and Cytoscape dependencies:
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<div id="cy-container">
<div id="cy" class="w-100 h-100"></div>
</div>
<script src="js/cytoscape.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/layout-base.js"></script>
<script src="js/cose-base.js"></script>
<script src="js/cytoscape-fcose.js"></script>
<script src="js/charlotte.js"></script>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Include in a js/app.js the code to initialise and spin the web of devices:
let target = document.getElementById('cy');
let digitalTwins = new Map(); // Or use cormorant.digitalTwins (see below)
let devices = new Map(); // Or use beaver.devices (see below)
let options = {}; // See Options section below
charlotte.init(target, { digitalTwins: digitalTwins });
charlotte.on('tap', (nodeId) => { /* Handle tap of node in graph */ });
charlotte.spin(devices, target, options);Open the index.html file in a web browser for charlotte to render the web of devices as a fCoSE graph.
Developing web apps using the Pareto Anywhere APIs is straightforward with beaver, cormorant and charlotte.
Include in an index.html file the viewport, charlotte.js script and dependencies:
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<div id="cy-container">
<div id="cy" class="w-100 h-100"></div>
</div>
<script src="js/cytoscape.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/layout-base.js"></script>
<script src="js/cose-base.js"></script>
<script src="js/cytoscape-fcose.js"></script>
<script src="js/cormorant.js"></script>
<script src="js/beaver.js"></script>
<script src="js/charlotte.js"></script>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Include in a js/app.js the code to poll the hyperlocal context, retrieve any digital twins, and spin the web of devices:
let target = document.getElementById('cy');
charlotte.init(target, { digitalTwins: cormorant.digitalTwins });
charlotte.on('tap', (nodeId) => { /* Handle tap of node in graph */ });
charlotte.spin(beaver.devices, target, {});charlotte supports the following options for the spin function:
{
filters: { minRSSI: -100 }
}
For instance, to spin the web of devices with signal strength (RSSI) > 70 dBm, use the following options:
charlotte.spin(devices, target, { filters: { minRSSI: -70 } });
In the classic children's story Charlotte's Web, Charlotte is a barn spider who communicates human-readable information through the webs she spins. Her webs ultimately influence decisions that change the life of "some pig" for the better.
While in the story, Charlotte spins words into her webs, in her client-side habitat, charlotte.js will spin graphs that allow humans to visualise real-time physical and semantic relationships between people, places and things. Her "humble" hope is that the webs she spins in your browser will positively influence data-based decision-making, so that you don't have to rely on your spidey senses alone!
As in the story, charlotte.js can't do it all by herself. She uses Cytoscape.js to help her with the graphs themselves, while her unlikely client-side barnyard companions—beaver, cormorant and the "radiant" cuttlefish—collect and prepare the source data.
Speaking of barnyard companions, charlotte.js is actually our second barn-themed mascot after barnowl. Hay, isn't that "terrific"!
charlotte uses Cytoscape.js which was created at the University of Toronto and published in Oxford Bioinformatics (2016, 2023), and the cytoscape.js-fcose fCoSE layout algorithm extension developed by the iVis Lab at Bilkent University. We extend our thanks to the developers of these open source projects.
charlotte.js is easily combined with the following complementary client-side modules:
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