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Ruby Graph Library
www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/visualizing-t...
I started implementing a directed graph in ruby. About 15 seconds later I started looking for a library for doing directed graphs. I found RGL, the Ruby Graph Library. There's a ton of usefulness in that library, and I know I'm not scratching the surface of how I could use it. I hadn't even started thinking about visualization yet, but I found that RGL supports Dot files, the input supported by GraphViz. I was further convinced that RGL was going to be great to work with. I had about a day before the meeting, and didn't want to write any layout code. I just wanted something done quickly (and with the least amount of effort on my part). I wrapped the AppSim code that implements the Friends/Followers Twitter API calls, and started putting the list of Twitter users into a queue. I then dequeue the first user from the front queue, and get her friends and followers, and repeat. This graph shows the social network from the perspective of the @BreakingPoint Twitter account. This graph adds new nodes in whatever order they are returned in the API calls.
Ruby Graph Library
www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/visualizing-t...
I started implementing a directed graph in ruby. About 15 seconds later I started looking for a library for doing directed graphs. I found RGL, the Ruby Graph Library. There's a ton of usefulness in that library, and I know I'm not scratching the surface of how I could use it. I hadn't even started thinking about visualization yet, but I found that RGL supports Dot files, the input supported by GraphViz. I was further convinced that RGL was going to be great to work with. I had about a day before the meeting, and didn't want to write any layout code. I just wanted something done quickly (and with the least amount of effort on my part). I wrapped the AppSim code that implements the Friends/Followers Twitter API calls, and started putting the list of Twitter users into a queue. I then dequeue the first user from the front queue, and get her friends and followers, and repeat. This graph shows the social network from the perspective of the @BreakingPoint Twitter account. This graph adds new nodes in whatever order they are returned in the API calls.