Hello,
This is my first post and I was hoping for some feedback regarding using Processing for my project.

I want to doing scatter plots, graphing and Parallel Coordinates... can't post a link yet since this is my first post but Google (full_papers/tricaud/tricaud_html)

Initially the data will be read from a MYSQL database - all filtering and data selection will be done by the data queries / filters. Mainly there will be up to large number of data points that will need to be displayed over time. This may get up to 10,000 points.

Q. Can Processing handle large number of data points in a reasonable time. For example if there are 10,000 points to be shown in a scatter plot that is updated every 2 seconds? 5 seconds?

Q. The second phase will be reading streaming data from the network in real time.

Q. If I do a scatter plot and stop any updates to view that particular moment in time can the user be able to select a region or an individual data point and have associated information come up?

Q. Is there any references to performance for Processing - how to optimize display speeds?


I use 10,000 as an arbitrary number but it would give an idea of the volume of data that could occur - it may be as little as 1,000 data points per second.

The project is working with specific network metrics that are distilled and formatted by a proprietary program.

My background is that I have done some scripting quite some time ago but no C, C#, C++, JAVA etc and I came across Processing through looking at books at the bookstore.

My overall concern (based on ignorance at this stage) is the performance of Processing. I have looked through many of the exhibits and like the functionality / flexibility shown and hope that there is a good chance that Processing is the right choice.

I appreciate anyone's comments, input, feedback in helping make the decision.

regards,