observablehq / observablehq/plot
Incremental rendering for performance?
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enhancement
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- HTML
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Description
Can Plot expose some kind of update() function so we could somehow either reuse elements or only re-render certain marks (like a rule + text that gets moved around based on input)
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First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue, so start by locating Plot’s rendering and mark-update entry points. The work is done when Plot exposes an update() capability that can reuse elements or rerender only selected marks, such as a moving rule and text.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- d3
- Domain
- data-visualization, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100