[jira] [Commented] (STORM-2206) Topology Visualization revamp / swap underlying JS graphing library

["Stephen Powis (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Stephen Powis commented on STORM-2206:
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[~kabhwan] Sorry for the massively long delay.  I've picked this back up and made a few more iterations over it.

I'm not a UI person by any means, but even so I think this visualization is massively more useful/readable, especially for larger topologies. 

I've been developing against 1.0.x because that's what we happen to run in production. I'm going to try to put this against the latest master and get a PR in the next few days.

> Topology Visualization revamp / swap underlying JS graphing library
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>
>                 Key: STORM-2206
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STORM-2206
>             Project: Apache Storm
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: storm-ui
>            Reporter: Stephen Powis
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> h4. Problem Statement
> Being able to visualize your topology is amazing.  Unfortunately the current implementation for displaying the topology leaves a bit to be desired.  Having the nodes in the graph floating across the screen while trying to read it is distracting and makings it difficult to read complex topologies.  Additionally there are no real legends or on screen help/hints/documentation that explain what is being shown.
> h4. Proposal
> Re-implement how we display the topology using a different JS library that makes reading and understanding the graph significantly easier.  Make use of the existing visualization APIs, but simply swap out the rendering library.  Additionally provide a better key/legend/documentation around the visualization.



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