Dex

Dex : The data explorer is a data visualization tool written in Java/JavaFX capable of powerful ETL and data visualization.

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• Main Site
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Requirements

• Java 8

Installation

There are 2 main ways to install Dex.

1. Download a stable release
2. Install via Git by following the instructions below.

Via Git

Download:

git clone https://github.com/PatMartin/Dex.git

Run

cd Dex
java -jar Dex.jar

Example Visualizations

The following are a small sample of the 50+ data visualizations Dex is capable of generating.

Ring Network

This visualization was created with Dex to visualize the relationships between Dr Who villans and motivations.

Maps

This visualization was created with Dex to visualize internet use across the world over the past 20 years.

Time Visualizations

This visualization depicts a small series over time.

This visualization depicts a more complex series over time.

Chord Visualizations

This visualization depicts relationships via a Chord diagram over time.

UML Visualizations

A Class Diagram of the various battles within the Game of Thrones.

A Sequence Diagram of the various battles within the Game of Thrones.

Network Visualizations

A large network comprised of every word spoken by Donald trump connected by the next word within the Iowa speech. This network visualization is founded on the high performance VivaGraph.

A vis.js visualization of the battles between the various houses within the Game of Thrones.

Timelines

A vis.js timeline visualization of the sequence of events that lead up to, and occurred during World War I.

3D Graphs

A 3D graph of some data generated via Dex using a vis.js visual.