What is this?
Dashing is a Sinatra-based framework for building dashboards using Ruby and CoffeeScript, designed to look especially great displayed on TVs.
Dashing is a Sinatra-based framework for building dashboards using Ruby and CoffeeScript, designed to look especially great displayed on TVs.Is this a framework or just a library?It's a full framework built on top of Sinatra, a Ruby web framework, providing the server, widget system, and layout rather than just a utility you import.
It's a full framework built on top of Sinatra, a Ruby web framework, providing the server, widget system, and layout rather than just a utility you import.Do I need Ruby to run this?Yes, since Dashing is built on Sinatra it requires a Ruby environment to run.
Yes, since Dashing is built on Sinatra it requires a Ruby environment to run.Is this project still maintained?No, the README states Dashing is no longer being actively maintained and the repository itself is archived.
No, the README states Dashing is no longer being actively maintained and the repository itself is archived.Is there an actively maintained fork of Dashing?Yes, the README points to a community fork that continues to maintain the project since Shopify stopped active development.
Yes, the README points to a community fork that continues to maintain the project since Shopify stopped active development.Why is it described as good for TVs?Dashing's dashboards use large, clear widgets meant to be readable from across a room, which is why it was popular for office status boards displayed on TVs.
Dashing's dashboards use large, clear widgets meant to be readable from across a room, which is why it was popular for office status boards displayed on TVs.What are similar projects?thingsboard, grafana, openmct, Crucix, linux-dash, bokeh, datapages, graphene
thingsboard, grafana, openmct, Crucix, linux-dash, bokeh, datapages, grapheneWhich topics is it in?coffeescript, dashboards, widget, ruby, web-framework, data-visualization, real-time, deprecated, dashboard, monitoring, web-app, framework
coffeescript, dashboards, widget, ruby, web-framework, data-visualization, real-time, deprecated, dashboard, monitoring, web-app, framework