Visualize large projects #55
Description
Hi @glato,
Thanks for publishing emerge. I'm trying to use it on a codebase with >10k TypeScript files. Here is the D3 visualization of an 800-file module:
The D3 visualization has some behaviors that make it challenging to use for our project:
- Filenames are only visible when the mouse hovers over a dot
- Filenames appear with low contrast color compared to their background. Dark gray on light gray, light-gray over white background or colored edges and nodes.
- When displaying filenames, a popup window covers the lower-right quadrant of the graph, hiding 1/4 of the edges and nodes.
- Filenames overlap, making them hard to read.
- Filenames display with a font size fixed to the map. When zoomed out, nothing is readable. Even the popup appears tiny.
- One cannot select a node to see its edges.
- One can drag nodes, but the rest of the map moves unnecessarily.
I think if the tool was tweaked to change these behaviors, it would be more useful for visualizing large projects.
Sincerely, Michael